Hiking in the woods, you keep swatting at the irritating mosquitoes that land on your face. Later, you're surprised to discover a number of itchy mosquito bites on your legs. The reason you noticed the mosquitoes landing on your face but did not notice the mosquitoes landing on your legs is probably because:

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The reason for noticing the mosquitoes landing on the face but not on the legs is because there are many more sensory receptors in the facial skin than in the skin on the legs. This makes the face more sensitive to touch and therefore more likely to notice a foreign object like a mosquito landing on it.

Hiking in the Woods, You Keep Swatting at the Irritating