mosquito eggs in lab
For the purposes of large-scale releases of male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia, MosquitoMate, Inc., rears the mosquitoes in a lab at its Lexington, Kentucky, headquarters. Here, a technician examines Wolbachia infected Ae. aegypti eggs (WB1) that will be used to produce males used for the project. (Photo credit: MosquitoMate, Inc.)