The plan, which was just approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, is to release 400,000 live mosquitoes into the environment.
The swarm will initially be released across 100 acres of Sacramento's south Natomas neighborhood, which has been the biggest breeding ground.
"Male mosquitoes do not bite, so while you might see more mosquitoes than usual, we want those males to mate with the wild females because once they do, their eggs will not hatch," Robles said.
"We had tremendous success with that program in the areas where we did release," said Jodi Holeman, manager of the Fresno abatement district. "We got in excess of 98% suppression."
The Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District says it will cost about $33,000 to purchase the mosquitoesnd the releases are scheduled to begin on july 8th.
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