L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL many female insects mate only once in their lives. Insect populations can be controlled by releasing flocks of sterile males into the wild. Females mate with them, never give birth and simply die.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL many female insects mate only once in their lives. Insect populations can be controlled by releasing flocks of sterile males into the wild. Females mate with them, never give birth and simply die.en.wikipedia.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoThere are thousands upon thousands of species of mosquito, only a few hundred bite humans. This would only be targeted at the dozen or so that carry major disease like malaria, west Nile, dengue fever, Zika, etc. Aedes aegypti is at the top of the list.
There are thousands upon thousands of species of mosquito, only a few hundred bite humans.
This would only be targeted at the dozen or so that carry major disease like malaria, west Nile, dengue fever, Zika, etc.
Aedes aegypti is at the top of the list.