How does OFF or or other bug repellent work?

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My understanding is that mosquitoes are attracted to CO2 output to find you. And they don’t have a sense of smell. So how does spraying chemicals on you help?

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Your sense of smell is essentially just chemoreceptors. Sensors for chemicals. Bugs have them, they’re just often elsewhere on the body.