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🕑 Added 2023-08-21 17:00:06 +0000 UTCAedes aegypti mosquitoes make a meal of us around our homes. What’s your “favorite” alarming fact about this dangerous mosquito? If you need a refresher, watch our episode about them, and also find out what you can do to prevent them from laying their eggs:
Aedes aegypti mosquito (Josh Cassidy/KQED)
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Andrew Insch
My favorite lesser known fact is that Aedes aegypti are often out-competed by their niche sharing cousins Aedes albopictus. Something interesting happens when these two species accidentally mate. Since aegypti females only mate once, mating with a male albopictus wastes their resources by resulting in a "sterile" mosquito. It's not all good news, as albopictus is also highly anthropophilic and feed on people regularly.
