• robocall@lemmy.world
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    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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      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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        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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          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

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

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

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

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            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.

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