Space Lynx
Astronaut
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2014
- Messages
- 17,057 (4.65/day)
- Location
- Kepler-186f
this...
Most of these insects travel surprisingly little, even if they can fly. The current attempts at controlling mosquitoes would be an Area Denial System, even with 100% success rate.
I disagree, the genetically modified mosquitoes that make females only give birth to males has already worked surprisingly well in large swaths of Florida. Sure, it would take thousands of targeted areas to reduce overall population, but you don't need to eliminate all of them, just thin the herd so to speak... so we can you know... go sit under a tree and a read a book without being bitten constantly.
On that topic, saw this not that long ago and the title really says it all "design mosquitos out of cities"
The same philosophy works for all vermin. They all like specific things. Don't want them? Don't do those things.
I will watch this soon, but I don't live in a city, I live in a small town, and the mosquitoes are horrible in late summer evenings, can't even enjoy the nice weather cause they are so many.