Originally Posted by
tauphi
Mosquitoes probably don't discriminate. Some people however are more allergic to mosquito stings making the discomfort last longer. The effect tends to be worse when you're in a new area and have not encountered the local mosquito species before.
For me stings usually disappear after an hour or so.
This is an age old debate, on which there still isn't consensus.
My personal experience is that when I'm by myself in an area that has mosquitos, I get lots of bites, but when I'm with pretty much anyone else, they get lots of bites, and I'm largely ignored.
For a while, I was convinced that this had to do with blood type, but google pretty much debunks this variable. My running theory is that my smell is somehow less attractive to them.