• robocall@lemmy.world
    24·
    2 years ago

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

    • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      191·
      2 years ago

      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

      • Wet Noodle@sopuli.xyz
        8·
        2 years ago

        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.

        • alp@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yeah that breed that don’t carry virus idea sounds good. As they reproduce they stop transmitting it and eventually the entire species don’t carry it

      • Spliffman1 @lemdro.idEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        I don’t think you have to worry about those dudes catching and torturing and killing all the mosquitoes in the universe

    • spauldo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      92·
      2 years ago

      They’re an insignificant source, at least for bats and birds.

      • Spliffman1 @lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Maybe an infinity gauntlet that targets half the mosquito population in the universe with one snap?

          • Madison420@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            Wouldn’t take that long, like maybe at maximum 50 snaps. It’s the same reason mlm scheme’s not only don’t work but can’t work.

  • NightDice@feddit.de
    20·
    2 years ago

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

    • Xanvial@lemmy.one
      English
      161·
      2 years ago

      if they can shut up when trying to suck my blood, I will mostly ignore them

      • NightDice@feddit.de
        2·
        2 years ago

        Wouldn’t mind them either if it weren’t for the aforementioned factors. And since I can hardly differentiate between male and female mosquitoes when I see one, because don’t know what to look for, they all get the extermination treatment once they enter my flat.

  • nal@lib.lgbtEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

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

    • idiomaddict@feddit.de
      2·
      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

  • uphillbothways@kbin.social
    103·
    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.