This World Mosquito Day, let's take a look at the science behind the bite. 🦟​ ​How do mosquitoes find us and why do they bite? 🧭​ ​Mosquitoes track us down using smell, sight and body heat. As they close in, skin odors guide them to bite. [1-4]​ ​Only female mosquitoes bite humans. They feed on blood to get protein for egg development. When they bite, they inject saliva which could contain viruses or parasites that mosquito may be carrying. [5,6] ​ ​Our immune system reacts to this, creating a