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by jbattle 4719 days ago
it has to be said - if non-sterile mosquitos are having a hard time surviving because sterile mosquitos drank up all the blood - we're probably going to suffer more than they will
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Only female mosquitos drink blood.
And only when they need to make eggs, as the article says. What most people don't know is that mosquitoes mostly survive on flower pollen.