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I'm still wondering why we cannot do this to bugs like ticks or bed bugs? Especially bed bugs, they are really hard to kill and spread like crazy.

• phkahler 8y ago
  I'd guess that bedbugs exist in separate populations that don't inter-breed much. Once house or hotel may harbor a population that exists in isolation and can sometimes spread to new locations. Mosquitoes live outdoors, but still don't constitute one large population. If we were to try to eradicate them I think using multiple techniques at once on a global scale would probably be necessary. You want to get them ALL. There will always be that one place with a bedbug population in isolation waiting to reintroduce them to the world.
  • felipemnoa 8y ago
    It would be nice If you could mail order a colony of genetically modified bed bugs just like you can order pesticide. If this option were to exist even if there was a resurgence you could easily fight them off with this new option. Now that I think about it. This would make a great startup idea.
    • turtlecloud 8y ago
      The economic incentive of the startup would be to keep bedbugs alive. If they eradicated bedbugs, the company would go bankrupt.
      • felipemnoa 8y ago
        Because of the points raised by phkahler I highly doubt that you could wipe them out from the entire planet. Even if you did, you would still make lots of money doing so.