Their task? Find lady mosquitoes and mate. Technicians had zapped the insects, all males, with radiation in a nearby lab to make them sterile. That means fewer mouths to feed - mouths that thirst for human blood.
Controlling invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by releasing sterilized males helps reduce disease transmission. Agencies use mosquitoes' biology against them to combat widespread breeding sites.
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