And I guess then that some people give off more than others? Mosquitoes love me but hardly bother my best friend, for example.
I have gone through two or three consecutive summers where I wasn’t bitten by a single mosquito and then other summers where I was targeted every day.
About 30 years ago I read a guidebook to outdoor activities which claimed that taking large doses of Vitamin B1 for a number of days (weeks?) would make you less appealing to the bugs. I don’t know whether there is any scientific evidence for that. Some people definitely do attract more bugs. Wearing any kind of floral perfume or fragrance is bad (for humans), and certain colors of clothing are supposed to be bad. I noticed that this nonanal stuff is supposed to smell fruity or flowery. The main diet of mosquitoes, esp. males (who do not bite) is nectar.