Do you put green plants indoors to attract mosquitoes?

Plants don't attract mosquitoes, but people usually attract mosquitoes themselves.

1, mosquitoes like people with high body temperature and exhaled carbon dioxide. Mosquitoes have a heated body in their tentacles, which is very sensitive to temperature and can lock the "target" by the smell 50 meters away. Therefore, compared with thin people, burly people will release more carbon dioxide, or be bitten by mosquitoes more easily after exercise or when they are panting. People who sweat dissipate heat quickly, and mosquitoes can notice it immediately.

2. People with body odor like mosquitoes. Scientists say that sometimes mosquitoes may not bite when they come near us, which mainly depends on the smell of our skin. Everyone's skin has different chemical components. For example, people who often sweat often have lactic acid discharged from the skin surface, which is easy to attract mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes also like people who wear makeup or spray gel. Because stearic acid (a fatty acid) in cosmetics remains in these people, it is very attractive to mosquitoes.

4. The color of clothes will also affect the preference of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have the habit of turning black. Black is the first choice for mosquito attacks, followed by blue, red and green.

Medical research shows that pregnant women are twice as likely to be bitten by mosquitoes as other women. This is because the gas exhaled by pregnant women contains a variety of chemicals that are easy to provoke mosquitoes, and their abdominal temperature is high, and there are relatively many volatile substances on the skin surface.

6. People who drink alcohol are also easy to attract mosquitoes. It is found that after drinking one or two beers outdoors, the probability of being bitten by mosquitoes will increase by 15%. Scientists point out that changes in body odor and breathing after drinking will make people more likely to attract mosquitoes, and drinking will reduce the body's ability to defend against mosquito bites.