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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 56 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hate mosquitos. All my homies hate mosquitos. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mosquitos, flies, roaches. I could do with them all gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) You probably couldn't as the ecosystem is linking into each other permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'd take 1 global apocalypse for having all those suckers die. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, too bad. We've got several already. permalink fedilink source parent [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) One of the reasons mosquito populations are out of control is that we've killed off a lot of their predators. No mosquito anywhere is a keystone species, and you would only need to wipe out the vector species. Other, less harmful species of mosquito would fill in nicely with less competition. At least, that's the theory. Previous theories included introducing mosquitofish to eat the larvae, but that backfired because the moquitofish are aggressive and don't eat as many mosquitos as local predators driven off by the mosquitofish. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bats eat tbem, but they won't go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren't enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Mosquitoes are pollinators... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There are 3,500 different species of mosquito, and like 10 that are responsible for most disease transmissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We have enough pollinators permalink fedilink source parent [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know man... So many species died out naturally and unnaturally and things moved along. I'd guess wager we can do without them 😝 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Typical human. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And you're not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent [–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Idk man, unless someone can prove their vitality to the ecosystem I say we kill them and see where the chips fall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mosquitos, flies, roaches. I could do with them all gone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) You probably couldn't as the ecosystem is linking into each other permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'd take 1 global apocalypse for having all those suckers die. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, too bad. We've got several already. permalink fedilink source parent [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) One of the reasons mosquito populations are out of control is that we've killed off a lot of their predators. No mosquito anywhere is a keystone species, and you would only need to wipe out the vector species. Other, less harmful species of mosquito would fill in nicely with less competition. At least, that's the theory. Previous theories included introducing mosquitofish to eat the larvae, but that backfired because the moquitofish are aggressive and don't eat as many mosquitos as local predators driven off by the mosquitofish. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bats eat tbem, but they won't go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren't enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Mosquitoes are pollinators... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There are 3,500 different species of mosquito, and like 10 that are responsible for most disease transmissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We have enough pollinators permalink fedilink source parent [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know man... So many species died out naturally and unnaturally and things moved along. I'd guess wager we can do without them 😝 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Typical human. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And you're not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent [–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Idk man, unless someone can prove their vitality to the ecosystem I say we kill them and see where the chips fall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) You probably couldn't as the ecosystem is linking into each other permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'd take 1 global apocalypse for having all those suckers die. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, too bad. We've got several already. permalink fedilink source parent [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) One of the reasons mosquito populations are out of control is that we've killed off a lot of their predators. No mosquito anywhere is a keystone species, and you would only need to wipe out the vector species. Other, less harmful species of mosquito would fill in nicely with less competition. At least, that's the theory. Previous theories included introducing mosquitofish to eat the larvae, but that backfired because the moquitofish are aggressive and don't eat as many mosquitos as local predators driven off by the mosquitofish. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bats eat tbem, but they won't go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren't enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Mosquitoes are pollinators... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There are 3,500 different species of mosquito, and like 10 that are responsible for most disease transmissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We have enough pollinators permalink fedilink source parent [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know man... So many species died out naturally and unnaturally and things moved along. I'd guess wager we can do without them 😝 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Typical human. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And you're not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent [–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Idk man, unless someone can prove their vitality to the ecosystem I say we kill them and see where the chips fall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'd take 1 global apocalypse for having all those suckers die. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, too bad. We've got several already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well, too bad. We've got several already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) One of the reasons mosquito populations are out of control is that we've killed off a lot of their predators. No mosquito anywhere is a keystone species, and you would only need to wipe out the vector species. Other, less harmful species of mosquito would fill in nicely with less competition. At least, that's the theory. Previous theories included introducing mosquitofish to eat the larvae, but that backfired because the moquitofish are aggressive and don't eat as many mosquitos as local predators driven off by the mosquitofish. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bats eat tbem, but they won't go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren't enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Mosquitoes are pollinators... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There are 3,500 different species of mosquito, and like 10 that are responsible for most disease transmissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We have enough pollinators permalink fedilink source parent
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bats eat tbem, but they won't go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren't enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Bats eat tbem, but they won't go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren't enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated. Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Mosquitoes are pollinators... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There are 3,500 different species of mosquito, and like 10 that are responsible for most disease transmissions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We have enough pollinators permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago There are 3,500 different species of mosquito, and like 10 that are responsible for most disease transmissions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago We have enough pollinators permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know man... So many species died out naturally and unnaturally and things moved along. I'd guess wager we can do without them 😝 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Typical human. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And you're not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Typical human. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And you're not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And you're not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago I sure am. Maybe just not as nonchalant about the whole "meh, so we killed off species" part permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Idk man, unless someone can prove their vitality to the ecosystem I say we kill them and see where the chips fall. permalink fedilink source parent