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by CookieMon 2075 days ago
yeah, from 10 years ago:

> The laser detection is so precise that it can specify the species, and even the gender, of the mosquito being targeted. “The women are bigger. They beat at a lower frequencies,” Mr. Myhrvold said. Since it is only the female mosquitoes who bite humans, for the sake of efficiency, his system would leave the males alone.

-- https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/using-lasers-to-za...