Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in Fresno

Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by turbohedgehog on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:02PM (#14774833)

I believe one way is to generate a frequency similar to female wingbeat frequency that attracts male mosquitoes and separate them that way. I am unsure if there is a difference in the frequency between genders.

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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by diggernet on Saturday July 15, 2017 @01:18AM (#14775140)

There absolutely is a difference in sound. If you hear a mosquito, it's female. Males are silent.

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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by fujipadam on Saturday July 15, 2017 @03:50AM (#14775553)

This is how the photo fence from intellectual ventures detects and destroys female mosquitoes.Unfortunately they never released that tech as open source

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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by dalacv on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:08PM (#14774849)

Lesbian mosquitos...hello?

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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by kijin on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:00AM (#14774976)

As long as they're inclined to seek out females in the wild and spread the mosquito STD, they could be just as useful as males :)

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