Google Wants to Release Millions of ‘Good’ Mosquitoes in California and Florida
June 1st, 2026Although these aren’t genetically engineered mosquitoes, what is Google’s actually up to here?
Via: KTLA:
“Good bugs are the same species of mosquito as the bad bugs that spread disease. Our good bugs are male mosquitoes that have a naturally-occurring bacteria called Wolbachia which makes them unable to have offspring with wild female mosquitoes,” the Google Debug webpage reads. “Male mosquitoes can’t bite or spread disease, so good bugs will stop bad ones from reproducing. Over time, there will be fewer and fewer bad mosquitoes.”
