The Soap You Use May Influence How Attractive You Are to Mosquitoes, Study Finds
New research has tied the type of soap you use to how attractive you are to mosquitoes.Researchers determined that the soap, along with a person's unique body odor, plays a role.
Another finding? A chemical that gives off a coconut scent was more effective at repelling mosquitoes.Not necessarily. The study really focused on the fact that different soaps may influence the way your body smells—andcombination may attract or repel mosquitoes. “Not all soaps have the same effect on all volunteers,” study author Clément Vinauger, a biochemist and geneticist at Virginia Tech, said in aEntomologist Roberto M. Pereira, Ph.D.
It “makes sense” that floral compounds would attract mosquitoes, says Chad Gore, Ph.D., a board-certified entomologist with. “We don’t know how far those scent cues are detected by the mosquito, but it could be that the mosquito may be attracted to a longer range cue, and the floral scent, or other short-range compounds, help the mosquito zero in on a particular area of the body.”
But, if you use these soaps and tend to be a mosquito magnet, it may be worth at least considering changing up your soap to see if it makes a difference.
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