Supposedly the "Photonic Fence" underwent a big test in 2017: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosquito-death-machine-nathan-myhrvold.htm

Supposedly the "Photonic Fence" underwent a big test in 2017: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosquito-death-machine-nathan-myhrvold.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/laser-shooting-mosqu... "... The Photonic Fence will finally be tested later this summer in Florida, in a screened-in structure, against the Asian citrus psyllid, an invasive bug that is devastating the state’s orchards. So long as it manages to leave the bees alone — the last thing we need is more dead bees — it will then be tested in the open. ..."