[gnicholas]

Los Angeles is doing something similar with fruit flies. [1] They're releasing infertile males, in the hopes that they outcompete males of a non-native species that could threaten the agricultural industry.

1: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/millions-of-steril...

[notsure2]

Now how does that work? Surely it would make any sperm more likely to win.

[gnicholas]

> When these males mate with females, the resulting eggs are infertile and so small that they don’t affect crops.