# Mosquitoe article comment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoe-article-comment/604803>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 2, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoe-article-comment/604803 "2011-12-02T05:25:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aeons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Aeons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeons)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitoe-article-comment/604803/1 "2011-12-02T05:25:31Z")

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\*This one: \*  
“Do mosquitoes prefer certain blood types?”

> **[Do mosquitoes prefer certain blood types? Plus: Do tall men get more skin...](https://www.straightdope.com/21343988/do-mosquitoes-prefer-certain-blood-types-plus-do-tall-men-get-more-skin-cancer)**

I was curious, my type is A-, but mosquitoes seem to love me! :rolleyes:

The article says type A people tend to get bit less than type O though…did I miss it, or were the rhesus factors included in the studies?

I know that my type is one of the rare ones (not the A part, the RH negative part) and thought that perhaps the skeeters (hehe) find it to be a treat of sorts. Now that I’ve read the article though, I see they may be attracted to saccharides and I’ve been known to have a bit of a sweet tooth, so maybe it’s my diet and I should have more coffee with my sugar in the future 🙂

I just realized the article is rather old - sorry if this has been posted before. :\