It sounds like scientists thought about it, decided that their niche would quickly be filled by other insects - "Life would continue as before — or even better"

It sounds like scientists thought about it, decided that their niche would quickly be filled by other insects - "Life would continue as before — or even better": - http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100721/full/466432a.html - http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2010/07/scientists-go-ahead-kill-all-the-mosquitoes-the-world-will-be-better-for-it/ http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2010/07/scientists-go-ahead-kil... - https://cogito.cty.jhu.edu/43255/up-for-debate-should-we-eradicate-all-mosquitoes-from-the-world/ https://cogito.cty.jhu.edu/43255/up-for-debate-should-we-era... Of course, whether it's ethically right is worth considering, as is the possibility that the scientists have missed some unintended consequence.