I really wish Intellectual Ventures had been serious about developing the photonic fence two decades ago:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito_laser

No pollution, low risk of impact on other species, and safe to deploy in populated areas sounds really appealing in the era of climate change and invasive species like the tiger mosquitoes which have been changing the game in the United States.

They made a pragmatic decision about cost for malaria prevention in Africa but I strongly share your sentiment and suspect that you could really drive the cost down by developing volume in the western countries where affluent people will pay more for their personal comfort and health than they donate for malaria control on another continent.

Don't worry, when you get old your high frequency hearing goes and they no longer bother you while you're sleeping, unless if they decide to go right for the ear.

I'm also quite a snack for them and they seem to love attacking my feet in the evening when I'm at my desk. I can handle one or two bites but somewhere after 3 in a small area it becomes extremely inflamed and itchy.

I live in a high-mosquito area as well, and we have to worry about EEE, West Nile, and Zika. I'll be traveling to Mumbai soon, and they're just getting through a wave of Dengue Fever. It's time we as a species dealt with the four species of mosquito (out of hundreds) that bite humans.

We have special power plugs that evaporate a solution that works 100% for us. Whenever we expect or have mosquitos we switch it on. All disturbance gone in 15 min, even with window and door open. The solution is based on something like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prallethrin

Needs a refill every month or so in Summer.

I assume the vape goes up to the ceiling where the mosquitos also like to be.

Blood type also has an effect

https://ourbloodinstitute.org/blood-matters/mosquitoes-blood...

It's either smell, body heat, or easy access to skin. Maybe you sweat more than your wife, or the compounds in your sweat are more attractive to mosquitos, or maybe her hygiene is better.

The smelliest parts of people are the sweat glands and mouth. I pay extra care to my smell when archery hunting by keeping my teeth brushed and using wet wipes on sweaty areas. Eating an apple also helps neutralize mouth odor.

I spent some time in the Peruvian Amazon with local medicine families. In some groups they believe that when mosquitos buzz around the ears, some bodies automatically react by sending blood to the skin in preparation for an immune response (possibly a learned response from a past bite or perhaps inherited). A symptom of that response is goosebumps at the sound of mosquitos.

I always wonder, is it that some people don't get bitten or that some people don't react to getting bitten?

Good question. But even if it works I'm not sure if I want more bites or more hemorrhoids :D