Repellents can fend off yellow fever mosquitoes on the hunt for blood, but a new study suggests that the insects can learn to associate the common repellent DEET with a meal.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deet-repellent-attract-mosquitoe-spray
Lab experiments suggest mosquitoes can smell DEET and learn to associate it with food, but it’s unclear whether that happens in the wild.
