UhBell to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoPlease help the itching is unbearablelemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1913
arrow-up1913imagePlease help the itching is unbearablelemmy.worldUhBell to Memes@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-square@Widowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•1 year agoI take it the answer is that we still (unfortunately) need them?
minus-squareUhBellOPlinkfedilink15•1 year agoLast I checked, the only niche they fill in nature is being food for predators like dragonflies and bats.
minus-square@Hexagon@feddit.itlinkfedilink15•1 year 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-square@gothicdecadence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•1 year 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-square@eatyourglory@feddit.itlinkfedilink7•1 year agoI can feed those dragonflies and bats myself, so no need for those mosquitoes. I say bring out the nuclear option
minus-square@NoSleep@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•1 year agookay, but what happens if those die out? Will there be more?
minus-square@ForgetReddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•1 year agoThey have varied enough diets to be mostly fine without them.
I take it the answer is that we still (unfortunately) need them?
Last I checked, the only niche they fill in nature is being food for predators like dragonflies and bats.
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
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 can feed those dragonflies and bats myself, so no need for those mosquitoes. I say bring out the nuclear option
okay, but what happens if those die out? Will there be more?
They have varied enough diets to be mostly fine without them.