Anopheles gambiae (An. gamiae)
and Anopheles stephensi. A mosquito of another genus, Aedes aegypti. seems to prefer whole mouse odor. (not just mouse foot odor!?)
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This followed their demonstration that showed how An. gambiae s.s. fed predominantly on the feet of a human volunteer. Knols & DeJong (1996) and Knols et al. (1997) have gone on to show that this species is attracted by the volatile odors from Limburger cheese, used as an analogy to human foot odor. These studies were followed up by Andreasen (1997) who found that placing recently worn socks next to a membrane blood-feeding device enhanced feeding and fecundity in laboratory colonies of An. gambiae s.s. and An. stephensi. What remains is to identify a suitable artificial human odor bait.
From a practical standpoint one should not forget to cover one’s feet when sleeping at night in the great outdoors.
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en570/papers_2000/pike.htmlIt might be prudent to put dirty socks away from your sleeping quarters!