What is the reason why mosquitoes buzz?

1, the buzz heard is probably from the female mosquito. This is because the lifestyles of male mosquitoes and female mosquitoes are very different. Male mosquitoes usually fly around sucking nectar. They are not interested in slow-moving humans. However, female mosquitoes are completely different. After mating, they need to find a "blood meal" to get enough energy to lay eggs, and they have unique tools to lock their prey targets.

2. Female mosquitoes will be attracted by the plume of carbon dioxide gas released by the human body from a distance. Carbon dioxide stimulates female mosquitoes to start looking for the source host and fly back and forth along the carbon dioxide concentration gradient to find the target. In other words, mosquitoes buzz overhead because we release more carbon dioxide.

3. When the female mosquito approaches the target, it will focus on observing the body temperature and carbon dioxide plume emission of the target, so as to judge whether it is a smoking target. Female mosquitoes use foot taste sensors to judge whether people or any bloody animals have enough time to eat. Although some studies have shown that people with type O blood may be the best target for mosquitoes, this statement is still doubtful, and no conclusive evidence has been found about the relationship between blood type and mosquitoes' interest in smoking. On the contrary, a person's genes and eating habits may determine whether he is the best target for mosquitoes. If mosquitoes feel "delicious" after sucking the blood of a certain group of people, they will often be bitten by mosquitoes.

Human skin emits a unique mixed smell, which is more attractive to some mosquitoes. Another study found that female mosquitoes prefer men with less bacteria on their skin to men with more bacteria on their skin. These bloodsucking insects also prefer people who wear dark clothes, such as black.

When the female flies to another target, she flaps her wings about 500 times per second with a frequency of 450-500 Hz. The tone of this frequency is A. Coincidentally, this is also the tuning area of the orchestra before the concert.

6. Although this sounds like a high-pitched drone to everyone, it is wonderful music for male mosquitoes. In fact, male mosquitoes flap their wings more frequently than female mosquitoes. When male mosquitoes look for a mate, they will listen to the melodious tones produced by female mosquitoes flapping their wings. If a tuning fork is tuned to a key and placed on the female mosquito's cage, the female mosquito will not respond in every test. Similarly, in the cage of male mosquitoes, male mosquitoes will flap their wings in panic and abnormal agitation, frantically looking for potential spouses to create these sweet vibrations.

7. When male mosquitoes are crazy about this sound, humans are not so excited when they hear it. Although it is easy to feel mosquitoes buzzing in their ears, most mosquitoes are not attracted by their heads. On the contrary, these blood-sucking insects may be more inclined to look for feet, and the bacteria on the feet will release the smell that attracts mosquitoes. However, most people may not notice that mosquitoes buzz around their ankles.