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The unpleasantness of mosquito bites is not something useful for mosquitoes, but it is useful for the ones who suffer it (lemmy.world)
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The way our bodies react to mosquito saliva motivates us to avoid being bitten. Which must have had evolutionary benefits, keeping us away from diseases.

I.e. all those people that didn't mind them and never got itchy from mosquito bites appear to have died out. And mosquitoes really wish that wasn't true.

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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I read that if you see a mosquito biting you and you can resist the urge to swat her until she's done, you'll have less itch because she'll have sucked most of her saliva back out with the blood. But I haven't tried it

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would mean when they bite you during the night when they can take their sweet time, you would wake up with no itchiness, but that's not the case for me.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the nighttime suckers are kinky bastards who deliberately hock a loogie in you before they leave.

[–] matti@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

The huck tuah mozzies

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Actually what you've got to do is pinch the skin around it, trapping its mouthparts, and violently blasting blood inside it until it's too fat to fly.