Комарів приваблює не колір волосся | Mosquitoes Are Not Drawn by Hair Color

Do mosquitoes universally prefer blondes or children? Reliable evidence for those broad preferences is lacking. Mosquitoes respond to a combination of skin odor, carbon dioxide, and other cues; effects of age or individual traits depend on context. Clothing color may also matter for some species and conditions: in a laboratory study, *Aedes aegypti* that had detected carbon dioxide flew more often toward red, orange, and black stimuli, while ignoring blue ones. That does not establish blue as a universal “favorite” color for mosquitoes. The illustration was created with AI.