We interviewed a mosquito

Hey there,

Ever wonder what a mosquito would say if you could actually confront her?

We did.

She agreed to answer a few questions.

She was surprisingly unapologetic.

Q: First of all, why are you biting me?

Mosquito: Eggs.

That’s the short answer.

Male mosquitoes mostly drink nectar and plant sugars. Females do too, but many of us need nutrients from blood to produce eggs.

So while you’re thinking, Wow, this feels personal, I’m thinking, family planning.

Q: Why do you always find me?

Mosquito: Because you announce yourself everywhere you go.

You breathe out carbon dioxide. You give off heat. Your skin releases odors and chemicals that help me figure out where you are.

From my perspective, you’re basically walking around with location services turned on.

Mosqitter uses the same signals mosquitoes use to find you, including heat, scent, light at specific wavelengths, and on some models, CO₂, to lure them toward the trap instead. No insecticide spraying. No electric zapping. Just a mosquito following her instincts directly into a very bad decision.

Depending on your space, Mosqitter offers options for patios, apartments, and larger yards, so you can spend less time swatting and more time actually enjoying being outside. Sorry, mosquitoes.

Q: Then why do you bite me more than my friend?

Mosquito: Some of you smell better.

Mosquito attraction can vary based on body odor, skin chemistry, heat, carbon dioxide, and even the microbes living on your skin.

So yes, your friend who says, “Mosquitoes never bite me” may actually have something going for them.

Annoying, I know.

Q: Why does your bite itch so much?

Mosquito: That part is technically your body.

When I feed, I release saliva that helps keep your blood flowing. Your immune system reacts to proteins in that saliva, releasing histamine.

Then comes the swelling.

Then the itching.

Then you scratch it 47 times even though you know you shouldn’t.

I’ve already left by then.

Q: Anything you’d like humans to know?

Mosquito: Please continue leaving tiny containers of standing water around your yard.

Buckets. Plant saucers. Clogged gutters. Random toys that collect rain.

Five-star maternity wards.

Actually, maybe don’t do that. A single teaspoon of stale water, and I'm in business. That's all it takes. Ha!

Q: What’s the easiest way to ruin your night?

Mosquito: You humans have tried plenty.

Candles. Swatting. Waving your arms around like you’re directing airport traffic.

But the Mosqitter Mini is annoyingly clever.

It doesn't spray poison, doesn't zap, doesn't even bother the bees. Annoyingly noble, you know. It just pretends to be you.

It uses heat, scent, and light cues I already follow to get my attention. So I head over thinking I've found you, and instead I get pulled into a trap. Made for apartments, patios, and smaller yards, the Mosqitter Mini works indoors or outdoors, requires no insecticide spraying, and is designed to cover up to one acre (that's like ⅔ of a football field!)

Placed the right way, it becomes a more tempting "human" than you are, and I chase it instead. Straight into the trap. Humiliating.

Q: What do you mean by “the right way”?

Mosquito: I really shouldn't say this… but here's exactly what does me in, and I'll deny I ever told you.

So yes, you basically learned how I find you and used it against me.

I preferred the arm waving.

Outsmart mosquitoes with Mosqitter Mini.

That concludes our interview.

If you have any further questions for the mosquito, hit reply. We’ll see if she’s willing to come back.

— Gabi & Bea