# Do mosquitoes like your cell phone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 21, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575 "2018-05-21T18:37:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575/1 "2018-05-21T18:37:26Z")

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I like to sit outside in my yard and read on my phone. Since there is a pond a few hundred feet away, that means lots of misquitoes in favorable weather. But it seems that more often than not, they are more interested in my phone than me–they will land on the screen or top bezel, stabbing around mindlessly until I manage to squish them.

Anyone else notice this? Any ideas why they think plastic and glass might contain an appetizing meal?

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575/2 "2018-05-21T18:46:33Z")

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It might be how warm the phone gets.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575/3 "2018-05-21T18:58:34Z")

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Yup, possibly. I know my phone can get to be 102° or hotter. That’s about 5° higher than normal body temperature.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mosquitoes-like-your-cell-phone/814575/4 "2018-05-21T23:06:27Z")

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Should I plug in my heating pad when I go out on the deck tomorrow for my morning coffee?