Green VI’s BugOut Wolbachia
🦟 Green VI’s BugOut Wolbachia Project may sound complicated, but the goal is simple: reduce the invasive, disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito in the BVI. 🔬 Locally caught male mosquitoes are treated with Wolbachia and released into targeted areas. The males do not bite, and when they mate with wild females, the eggs do not hatch, helping reduce the population over time.
🦟 Green VI’s BugOut Wolbachia Project may sound complicated, but the goal is simple: reduce the invasive, disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito in the BVI. 🔬 Locally caught male mosquitoes are treated with Wolbachia and released into targeted areas. The males do not bite, and when they mate with wild females, the eggs do not hatch, helping reduce the population over time. 🎥 How are they selected?
Here’s a quick explainer! #GreenVI #BugOut #Wolbachia #MosquitoControl
Primary source: Anegada Community Board (Facebook)