This paper reports on the effects of a life-shortening strain of Wolbachia on key life history traits of Aedes aegypti which provides information on the fitness consequences of infection with this strain of Wolbachia. A key finding is that this Wolbachia strain reduces the time that mosquito eggs can withstand drying and as such might open up a new way to think about how to to use Wolbachia infections for mosquito control in certain ecological contexts.