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All pollinators are important but... (lemmy.world)
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[+] -23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile, mosquitoes... pollinating, cleaning waterways as nymphs, females just needing the slightest amount of blood to lay a couple hundred eggs. Forgotten, maligned, made the focus of actual efforts to purposefully cause species extinction. ._.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Probably because of just how much death they directly cause

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  • [+] -21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Mosquitoes don't directly cause death, though.
    They are susceptible to diseases. They pass those diseases on. Those diseases cause death.
    Bees cause more direct deaths due to anaphylactic shock from allergies to apitoxin.

    Mosquitoes just catch all the blame.

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