To find their hosts, mosquitoes sense heat, CO2, moisture, and
certain volatile chemicals; which cues they use depends on the species.
Not exact matches
Dirty laundry smells bad because of
certain chemicals called
volatile organic compounds, which can't always be washed out on an eco-friendly 20 ˚C cycle, according to a new study in the Journal of Chromatography A.
The samples revealed that the ratios among
certain «
volatile organic compounds» (
chemicals that can be a source of scents and odors) in the atmosphere increase or decrease along specific directions.