Written by Joe Ballenger
Hello, I have a friend (yes, true!) who was telling me that she gets bitten from lots of insects yet her husband doesn’t have this problem so why do some people get bitten and others don’t?
-Angela
Hi! When my husband and I are outdoors or in the general realm of bugs, they always go after HIM and not me. I don’t really mind this trend, but I have seen him be CHASED (unprovoked) by mosquitos, flesh flies, regular flies, spiders, wasps, and bees. I can be right there with him yet go unbothered. Why might this be?
-Jasmine
Guys…we get this so much. Like, so much. It’s one of the most common questions we get asked.
When I went to Ecuador with Nancy, about a decade ago now (!), I did not wear insect repellent the entire trip because I wanted to catch a botfly. Botflies are vectored by mosquitoes, and I didn’t wear insect repellent because I wanted one so bad. Everyone else was bitten constantly by mosquitoes, so I thought my chances were really good.
I got bitten by exactly two mosquitoes. The entire time, two mosquitoes.
Why do some people get bitten by mosquitoes, and others get passed by?
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