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orangutanoz t1_ivh9vgr wrote

Reply to comment by RiceAlicorn in English company Oxitec has released a simple, easy to distribute commercial product they say cuts Dengue Fever spreading mosquito populations by 96%. By just adding water, genetically modified mosquito eggs mature into males whose sperm cannot result in viable female larvae. by lughnasadh

Maybe they could do mosquito abatement and release these from non treated water so there wouldn’t be a really heavy mosquito season. That and there would be fewer bad mosquitoes to mate with making the process more effective.

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Nimeroni t1_ivhc7xw wrote

The only good mosquito is a dead mosquito. I don't care it would damage the biosphere or whatever - they hurt. And they love me.

Kill. Them. All.

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PersonOfInternets t1_ivhhpfo wrote

Similarly, I don't care about you. You can't just purposefully destroy a species, that's horrific.

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muffinthumper t1_ivhn6on wrote

When it comes to mosquitos, If I can, I would lol.

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FearLeadsToAnger t1_ivhwgyb wrote

I'd also strongly recommend you ask whether you should, before worrying about being itchy. Taking something out of the food chain can have unintended consequences. They're tiny but you'd be amazed how much of their biomass supports birds and fish. The world is already unbalanced enough without taking things out of the house of cards willy nilly.

I think i've read it may be possible to just remove the highest offending species, but it still needs to be closely monitored.

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Nimeroni t1_iviw9th wrote

Oh, it absolutely would have consequences, yes. I don't care.

We already drove numerous species to extinction (no, seriously, we are an extinction event called the Holocene extinction, we killed 30% of all species in 500 years), at least this time it would be for an excellent reason.

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FearLeadsToAnger t1_ivj70pz wrote

Well thankfully more sensible types will be making that decision 🙏

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