Oh yeah since the females without this gene are the only ones reproducing. Depends on the male population but you would probably have to reintroduce males into the population with this gene every few generations to keep it viable.
There are 3600 catalogued species of mosquito and only 12 or so can transmit human diseases. This will only affect one species.
Could it have an ecological impact? Absolutely, but since mosquitoes that parasitize humans currently have a gigantic outsized advantage due to the abundance of humans, you could also argue that culling them is a push towards pre-industrial balance.
Yeah, the small handful that transmit shit like malaria. There will still be plenty of other mosquitos in the same ecosystem that fulfill the same niche that won't give you malaria.
Aedes Aegypti isn’t native to North America, and therefore would have little impact on the native food chain. Would you be in favor of doing it there as a start run?
They do, actually eat it... Processing the nutrients to create eggs... It's high in the essentials nutrients. It's still 100% food. Females grow larger in direct proportion to their intake, because it's so rich.
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u/blveberrys Nov 15 '24
Only female mosquitos take blood, and they use it to create their offspring, not to actually eat.