UhBell@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoPlease help the itching is unbearablelemmy.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1867arrow-down118
arrow-up1849arrow-down1imagePlease help the itching is unbearablelemmy.worldUhBell@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareUhBell@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·2 years agoLast I checked, the only niche they fill in nature is being food for predators like dragonflies and bats.
minus-squaregothicdecadence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoUntrue. https://www.britannica.com/story/what-purposes-do-mosquitoes-serve-in-ecosystems https://blog.nwf.org/2020/09/what-purpose-do-mosquitoes-serve/ https://www.mosquitoreviews.com/learn/mosquitoes-pollination There’s different species that serve different purposes in the ecosystem. https://www.lukerchocolate.com/en/innovation/meet-the-mosquito-behind-cocoa-tree-pollination/ https://www.nps.gov/articles/chocolate-midge.htm All that being said, I can’t stand them lol
minus-squareHexagon@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoI read that only a few species bite humans. If this is correct, we can exterminate just those, and leave the rest for the dragonflies and the bats
minus-squareNoSleep@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agookay, but what happens if those die out? Will there be more?
minus-squareForgetReddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoThey have varied enough diets to be mostly fine without them.
minus-squareeatyourglory@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoI can feed those dragonflies and bats myself, so no need for those mosquitoes. I say bring out the nuclear option
Last I checked, the only niche they fill in nature is being food for predators like dragonflies and bats.
Untrue.
https://www.britannica.com/story/what-purposes-do-mosquitoes-serve-in-ecosystems
https://blog.nwf.org/2020/09/what-purpose-do-mosquitoes-serve/
https://www.mosquitoreviews.com/learn/mosquitoes-pollination
There’s different species that serve different purposes in the ecosystem.
https://www.lukerchocolate.com/en/innovation/meet-the-mosquito-behind-cocoa-tree-pollination/
https://www.nps.gov/articles/chocolate-midge.htm
All that being said, I can’t stand them lol
I read that only a few species bite humans. If this is correct, we can exterminate just those, and leave the rest for the dragonflies and the bats
okay, but what happens if those die out? Will there be more?
They have varied enough diets to be mostly fine without them.
I can feed those dragonflies and bats myself, so no need for those mosquitoes. I say bring out the nuclear option