: Why are mosquitoes and other small insects seemingly unaffected by wind currents from things such as fans etc.?

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They very much are. But compared to the average speed of airstreams we normally encounter, like ceiling fans or heating vents, they can fly quite a bit faster than that so they just do their own thing, albeit a little slower in one direction than another.

If they get right into the core of a fast airstream, like a desk fan or hair dryer, they’ll get blown around, but those high speed air jets dissipate pretty quickly.

If you get them outside in the wind, they’re screwed. They have to seek calm air…that usually means behind things or close to the ground.

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