Without the gel, the larvae would have become adult mosquitoes in search of a blood meal.

如果没有这种凝胶，幼虫就会变成嗜血的成年蚊子。

Both methods target adult mosquitoes. However, the insects are developing resistance to the chemicals.

这两种方法都针对成年蚊子。 然而，昆虫正在对这些化学品产生抗药性。

This gene is responsible for the sex determination in mosquitoes, and so disrupting the doublesex gene may affect the sexual development for adult mosquitoes and their reproduction.

该基因负责蚊子的性别决定，因此破坏双性基因可能会影响成年蚊子的性发育及其繁殖。