This summer during my section hike of the PCT some days the mosquitos were really giving me hell. It seemed at times that the same mosquitos would follow me for mile after mile on the trail, buzzing my head crawling into my ear, sucking my blood, etc.
Can a mosquito really follow a hiker for miles. or were they tag-teaming me in some kind of mosquito relay race? I would really like to know
Another thing, at one point I had to take a pee break and stepped a few feet off the trail to do my business. Suddenly the buzzing stopped. Heavenly bliss, I finally lost them. After a minute, I step back on the trail. They were waiting there for me and pestered me for another several miles.
Are mosquitos really smart enough to wait by the trail for hikers? How do they do all that with their little pin-sized brain? Inquiring minds want to know.