Mosquitoes Learn to Associate World’s Most Used Repellent With Blood Meals

Mosquitoes Learn to Associate World’s Most Used Repellent With Blood Meals

Mosquito kills the most people every year. Credit: Vaccines at Sanofi / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEET has been the leading defense against mosquito bites for decades, but a new study suggests the world’s most widely used insect repellent may not always trigger the same response in mosquitoes. Researchers found that mosquitoes can learn to associate DEET with a blood meal under certain conditions and later show attraction to the chemical. The fin…