• robocall@lemmy.world
    24·
    10 个月前

    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·
      10 个月前

      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·
        10 个月前

        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
          1·
          10 个月前

          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·
        10 个月前

        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·
      10 个月前

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

      • Spliffman1 @lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        10 个月前

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

  • NightDice@feddit.de
    19·
    10 个月前

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

    • Xanvial@lemmy.oneEnglish
      161·
      10 个月前

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

      • NightDice@feddit.de
        2·
        10 个月前

        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·
    10 个月前

    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·
      10 个月前

      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·
    10 个月前

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