750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
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Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#2Please, let's not try this for another couple of years. Maybe 2025.
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#3Does this even sound right numbers-wise?
On Tuesday, officials in the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) gave final approval to release 750 million of the modified mosquitoes over a two-year period.
That would mean approx. 1M mosquitoes per day by this organization.
Who is cultivating (?) or growing 1M mosquitoes per day. Isn't that like a pickup truck bed cubed size of mosquitoes, every day?
Or is it being done across many, many sites?
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#4What could go wrong !
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#5Please, let's not try this for another couple of years. Maybe 2025.
2020 code freeze please
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#6Does this even sound right numbers-wise? On Tuesday, officials in the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) gave final approval to release 750 million of the modified mosquitoes over a two-year period. That would mean approx. 1M mosquitoes per day by this organization. Who is cultivating (?) or growing 1M mosquitoes per day. Isn't that like a pickup truck bed cubed size of mosquitoes, every day? Or is it bei…
Maybe they're counting the offspring? Although that doesn't seem quite right either (as it's not really controllable).
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#7Didn't they already try this somewhere else and it wasn't very effective?
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#8Does this even sound right numbers-wise? On Tuesday, officials in the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) gave final approval to release 750 million of the modified mosquitoes over a two-year period. That would mean approx. 1M mosquitoes per day by this organization. Who is cultivating (?) or growing 1M mosquitoes per day. Isn't that like a pickup truck bed cubed size of mosquitoes, every day? Or is it bei…
750 million mosquitos would only be about 8300 pounds.
Logistically it does seem pretty difficult, but I know nothing about mosquito farming.
Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#9Re: 750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
#10Does this even sound right numbers-wise? On Tuesday, officials in the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) gave final approval to release 750 million of the modified mosquitoes over a two-year period. That would mean approx. 1M mosquitoes per day by this organization. Who is cultivating (?) or growing 1M mosquitoes per day. Isn't that like a pickup truck bed cubed size of mosquitoes, every day? Or is it bei…
Aedis aegypti go from egg to adult in about a week and lay their eggs in any standing pool of water you can find. Maybe 100 total eggs per female over several broods before they die so it’s not that hard to cultivate millions a day.
Here’s a few examples— https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/https...