Texas News Eliminating A Disease-Spreading Mosquito In Houston Could Mean Releasing Millions More Into The Area KWBU | By Texas Standard Published September 8, 2020 at 1:58 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:24 jentavery/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) The Aedes aegypti mosquito. A biotech company plans to release 750 million genetically modified male mosquitoes that would produce “less fit” offspring.