To think that we could develop a man-made mosquito–our own super-mozzie– more adept than those in the wild, with their great diversity of habits and lifestyles greatly underestimates the wiliness of these dappled flies.
Stalked by pathogens, needed by no creature, these insects have neverthless thrived for over 100 million years, in almost every place where the sun shines and the rain falls, however seldom. They’re good at it. Some GM mosquito might beat a few out, in some places, at some times, but they couldn’t win everywhere. As with DDT, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to malaria, try as we might to find one.