Right. Aedes aegypti is native to Africa (as one might guess from the name), and is essentially an invasive species elsewhere in the world. If anything, wiping

Right. Aedes aegypti is native to Africa (as one might guess from the name), and is essentially an invasive species elsewhere in the world. If anything, wiping them out should push the local ecosystem back toward its normal state, as the native species of mosquito (of which there are many) would face less competition from the invasive Aedes aegypti.