L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years 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.