Fascinating Facts About Mosquitoes

10. MOSQUITOES CAN DETECT CARBON DIOXIDE FROM 75 FEET AWAY.

Carbon dioxide, which humans and other animals produce, is the key signal to mosquitoes that a potential blood meal is near. They've developed a keen sensitivity to CO2 in the air. Once a female senses CO2 in the vicinity, she flies back and forth through the CO2 plume until she locates her victim.