Mosquitos feed on apex predators and feed the nearly bottom of the food chain. Imo they're up there with salmon in terms of nutrient transfer, absolutely would cause chaos at all levels if they were eliminated.
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2024
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What about house flies? Can we kill those too?
Yeah, this idea scares me.
Humans have already caused so many species to go extinct.
Doing it on purpose for self defense seems less bad to me than indiscriminately because we want to be more comfortable but maybe that's a meaningless distinction.
I thought they just didn’t breed in my habitat last time I moved— turns out they can breed here but they’re quite tightly managed.
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