According to the Georgia Pest Management Newsletter of February 2000, progress is being made towards finding an effective attractant to mosquitoes. Since learning that some attractive components transferred from human skin to glass, scientists have been trying to find out what chemical components will attract mosquitoes. It has been discovered that dirty socks and Limburger cheese are very attractive to mosquitoes. The main ingredient in Limburger cheese is a bacterium found on the human foot.