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Lee County Mosquito Control District has a new way to lower the population of mosquitoes. The sterilized insect program sterilizes male backyard mosquitoes and doesn't require chemicals or pesticides.

Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control some of these pests, scientists are developing males that make sex a deadly event.

As night falls over Australia’s forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life.