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Re:A Fossilized Blood-Engorged Mosquito Is Found for the Fir... by nfc on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:35AM (#29964255)
Couldn't we run experiments to discover whether they really have this role?

Like for example choosing an island with mosquitoes (and far enough from other lands as to not be rapidly repopulated) eliminating them there and seeing what the effect is in the ecosystem?

I wonder if something like this has ever been tried.

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Re:A Fossilized Blood-Engorged Mosquito Is Found for the Fir... by interestica on Monday January 17, 2022 @06:14AM (#29965410)
I think they're deploying these (https://www.oxitec.com/en/our-technology) in the Florida Keys (https://www.keysmosquitoproject.com/our-solution)
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