You know what sucks? The current state of the economy. But also mosquitoes. This episode Bonnie is challenging common myths and questions around mosquitoes, like do they have a preference for different blood and does eating a banana increase your chance of a mozzie bite? Join us as we unpack the science and a barrel of good times!

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Landing Preference of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) on Human Skin Among ABO Blood Groups, Secretors or Nonsecretors, and ABH Antigens: https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.796

Chemical ecology of interactions between human skin microbiota and mosquitoes: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00908.x

Impact of Consumption of Bananas on Attraction of Anopheles stephensi to Humans: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects9040129

TESTING VITAMIN B AS A HOME REMEDY AGAINST MOSQUITOES: https://doi.org/10.2987