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"but they sting/bite/are toxic/are icky" blah blah. nature does not owe you safety (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is just plain false. Them and their eggs are an important food source for all kinds of aquatic animals and birds. Also, their larva remove contamins for water.

Even logically this doesn't make sense. What's more likely: every insect is extremely important except one, or humans are wrong (as we so often are) about one species of insect?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The specific mosquito species that carries malaria isn't all that important. Other mosquitos will occupy it's niches. That's the mosquito people want to eradicate