The olfactory gating of visual preferences to human skin and colors in mosquitoes
Diego Alonso San Alberto, Claire Rusch, Yinpeng Zhan, Andrew David Straw, Craig Montell, Jeffrey A. Riffell
This study shows that mosquito attraction to specific hues is influenced by odor, with CO2 enhancing preference for orange and red wavelengths associated with human skin.
Nature Communications · Feb 4, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience