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Quantitative field studies on a carbon dioxide chemotropism of mosquitoes.

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Am. J. Trop. Med. & Hygiene, 2, 325-331. 1953 CE.

Reeves demonstrated that mosquitoes detect their prey by sensing the carbon dioxide that animals exhale. (It was later shown that some mosquitoes can detect their prey from more than 165 feet away.)

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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