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Don't things eat mosquitos? Do any of those things matter?

iopuy 10y ago
lol, did you even read the article? There’s little evidence, though, that mosquitoes form a crucial link in any food chain, or that their niche could not be filled by something else.
- ommunist 10y ago
  This little evidence comes from little research.
- ageofwant 10y ago
  That people today can still make assertions like that and expect to be taken seriously shows you how little we have learned from earlier "lack of evidence".
robert_nsu 10y ago
Dragonflies eat mosquitos. I happen to like dragonflies. The are one of the non-annoying insects I actually like to have in my (non) backyard. edit: http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/Dragonflies-Mother-Nature-s-mosquito-control-1590949.php http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/Dragonflies-Moth...
- lucaspiller 10y ago
  In the UK we don't have human-biting mosquitos, yet we still have plenty of dragonflies.
  - paulmlewis 10y ago
    We have plenty of human biting mosquitos in the UK, I'm quite allergic to some of them.
- mark-r 10y ago
  When I was young, people were encouraged to build homes for Purple Martins, because it was believed that these birds ate a substantial quantity of mosquitos. Later it was discovered that they actually prefer to eat dragonflies. Oops!
Turing_Machine 10y ago
No one is talking about wiping out all mosquitos.
- kristiandupont 10y ago
  It's literally the title of the article
  - Turing_Machine 10y ago
    The title is wrong.
- dsjoerg 10y ago
  Isn't the original article talking about that? "Total Mosquito Destruction"
- Turing_Machine 10y ago
  For those modding this down, yes, that's the link-bait title of the article. The link-bait title is wrong. No one is seriously talking about eliminating all mosquitos. There's discussion of eliminating two (two) of the over 3,500 species of mosquito, specifically those that carry horrible human diseases. Maybe you should try reading the article, rather than just the title?
ArtDev 10y ago
With mosquitos extinct (good riddance) other insects would take their niche. Their impact as a food source would be negligible. Before they were introduced by sailing ships, its not like the bug-eating animals did not have enough bugs to eat.

iopuy 10y ago

lol, did you even read the article? There’s little evidence, though, that mosquitoes form a crucial link in any food chain, or that their niche could not be filled by something else.

ommunist 10y ago
This little evidence comes from little research.
ageofwant 10y ago
That people today can still make assertions like that and expect to be taken seriously shows you how little we have learned from earlier "lack of evidence".

robert_nsu 10y ago

Dragonflies eat mosquitos. I happen to like dragonflies. The are one of the non-annoying insects I actually like to have in my (non) backyard. edit: http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/Dragonflies-Mother-Nature-s-mosquito-control-1590949.php http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/Dragonflies-Moth...

lucaspiller 10y ago
In the UK we don't have human-biting mosquitos, yet we still have plenty of dragonflies.
- paulmlewis 10y ago
  We have plenty of human biting mosquitos in the UK, I'm quite allergic to some of them.
mark-r 10y ago
When I was young, people were encouraged to build homes for Purple Martins, because it was believed that these birds ate a substantial quantity of mosquitos. Later it was discovered that they actually prefer to eat dragonflies. Oops!

Turing_Machine 10y ago

No one is talking about wiping out all mosquitos.

kristiandupont 10y ago
It's literally the title of the article
- Turing_Machine 10y ago
  The title is wrong.
dsjoerg 10y ago
Isn't the original article talking about that? "Total Mosquito Destruction"
Turing_Machine 10y ago
For those modding this down, yes, that's the link-bait title of the article. The link-bait title is wrong. No one is seriously talking about eliminating all mosquitos. There's discussion of eliminating two (two) of the over 3,500 species of mosquito, specifically those that carry horrible human diseases. Maybe you should try reading the article, rather than just the title?

ArtDev 10y ago

With mosquitos extinct (good riddance) other insects would take their niche. Their impact as a food source would be negligible. Before they were introduced by sailing ships, its not like the bug-eating animals did not have enough bugs to eat.