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[–] 24 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I looked it up once - apparently mosquitos are an important food source for birds, bats, frogs, and the larvae is eaten by fish.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    This meme is braindead. Mozzies do suck, but everything has it's place and we're waaay to stupid to play God with ecosystems and the food chain

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

    I do agree we doing way to much to ecosystems but mosquitoes are a problem worth trying to fix, in first world countries they barely spread disease but they kill so many people worldwide with disease. We most likely shouldn't eradicate them for that but something tio mitigate that spread would be amazing.

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

    I'm willing to take the risk. Those creatures can eat something else.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Honestly, if it weren't for the itch and the (admittedly somewhat low) chance for transmitting diseases, I wouldn't mind them.

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

    So ... you don't mind the male mosquitoes. Only the female.

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

    I used to feel this way until I was bitten by a horsefly. I'd rather have 10 mosquito bites than this

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    But horseflies are easy to see, trap, and/or swat. Plus, that ratio might be right, 10:1, but I think my actual historical ratio is more like 400:1, and I’d definitely rather one horsefly bite than 400 mosquito bites

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    They're mostly pollinators. Both males and females eat flower nectar. Females need a small amount of blood in addition to that when reproducing.

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