How to avoid mosquito bites

如何避免蚊虫叮咬

Life Kit

2025-07-08

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In this episode of Life Kit, reporter Andee Tagle talks to entomologist Sammy Ramsey and environmental health professor Brian Byrd about why some people get bitten more than others, which ingredients to seek in bug repellents and what you can do to protect yourself against those itchy bites. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • We talked about ticks on the show recently.

  • They're not my fave.

  • But guess what?

  • There's a little flying creature that gives them a run for their money.

  • Let me give you a hint.

  • You're lying in bed on a summer night,

  • drifting off to snooze land when you hear a high-pitched whining sound right next to your ear.

  • How did this damn mosquito get into my house?

  • Now I'm up.

  • The lights are on.

  • I'm on a mosquito hunt because if I don't kill this thing before I fall asleep,

  • it will feast on my blood all night and leave me with itchy bites all over my body.

  • Seriously, I've had one bite me on the eyebrow.