Mosquitoes Can Detect Carbon Dioxide From 25 meters Away

By Parakito SingaporeSeptember 28, 2017

Carbon dioxide, which humans and other animals produce, is the key signal to mosquitoes that a potential blood meal is near.

Mosquitoes have 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.

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