Why dont we seriously fight back against dangerous mosquito species?

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Considering all the damage we do to eco systems and how little concern many governments have for the environment how come we are so concerned about potential consequences of fighting mosquitoes with genetically modified bacteria and similiar strategies?

Only a few species are dangerous to humans and none of them are keystone species in their ecosystems so why not just erradicate them?

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Answer- they do. I’m in Florida. They have county mosquito control departments here!! They do spraying which helps, and all sorts of management including education. The problem is eliminating just the bad mosquitoes and not the native ones is hard. And some can reproduce in just a bottle cap sized amount of water.

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