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The vast majority of mosquito species do not eat humans. The 1% of mosquito species which do can fuck off and die, as they’re literally responsible for killing

• newnewpdro 9y ago
  You could just move somewhere mosquitoes don't thrive. Being regularly annoyed by mosquitoes is personally a distant memory, and I would not be in support of any attempt to eradicate them.
  • Retric 9y ago
    Mosquitoes thrive as far north as Alaska. The risks drop outside the tropics, but essentially every human on the planet gets bitten at some point.
  • kbutler 9y ago
    Where do you live? I've been bitten by mosquitoes in tropical, temperate, and near-polar zones, and at low, high, and mid elevation, in forests, deserts, jungles, and grasslands. And in cities, too, though maybe that's where they don't thrive, because if they do, they get "treated."
    • newnewpdro 9y ago
      California I have never been bitten by a mosquito anywhere along the coast near the ocean and certainly not in any of the dryer/desert areas. I've spent a lot of time in the Mojave and other parts of SoCal, it's far too dry. Rattlesnake bites while hiking are a far greater concern of mine than mosquito bites, there are simply _zero_ mosquitoes in my daily life, it's a complete non-issue. The midwest is where I grew up, so I know what it means to have the outdoors made hostile by mosquitoes. It was relatively trivial to move to greener pastures, and I'm glad to have found absence of mosquitoes was one of the rewards.
      • saiya-jin 9y ago
        Not everybody has option to move, nor everybody should, just because 'there are invasive mosquitoes but we shouldn't touch them'. Plus they spread. In Europe for example I can't think of a single place that doesn't have them - have been bitten in southern Portugal and in northest part of Norway (actually there one could have easily 100 bites on one hand). Maybe Iceland, haven't been there in the summer though
      • inteleng 9y ago
        Talk about anecdata. Some people simply don't react to bites; you could easily be one of them.
        • newnewpdro 9y ago
          How would I appreciate mosquitoes making the outdoors of the midwest hostile without reacting to mosquito bites? I react awfully to mosquito bites, and absolutely detest them and it's a big part of what keeps me from visiting home now that I prefer to spend so much time outdoors. The simple fact is there are pros to California's perma-drought condition.
          • MattRix 9y ago
            So now you've said "You could just move somewhere mosquitoes don't thrive." And also "it's a big part of what keeps me from visiting home now". Surely you see how maybe some people would like to visit home, etc.
            • newnewpdro 9y ago
              My assumption is if you're sufficiently upset by mosquitoes to advocate their active eradication with such fervor as posts in this thread suggest, you might be willing to make some compromises if options readily exist which don't require such a ridiculous proposition as eradicating an entire species of insect from the planet because they annoy you. Also displayed in this thread, there are people ignorant of the possibility of simply moving somewhere no mosquitoes exist - operating under the assumption that it's unavoidable. Indeed, prior to my leaving the midwest, I had no idea there were places people could enjoy nights being active outside year-round without insect bites. Obviously everyone is going to have different priorities, for many mosquitoes are a minor inconvenience sufficiently mitigated with bug spray and candles. I assume those people wouldn't be willing to move to escape them, but I presume they also wouldn't be vehemently raging about extincting the species as a priority. I'm here to tell you - yes, you can move to such places, and it's not even particularly difficult or costly. There's _plenty_ of incredibly affordable desert land in California, where there are effectively no mosquitoes. If moving is too inconvenient for you, buy a recreational desert property and vacation there! It's that cheap. The fall-winter climate is ideal and remains good into the spring, there's no humidity, and of course - no mosquitoes! Or don't make any changes in your life, and fill yourself with rage about the environment you find yourself in, as if that's going to help.
  • atomical 9y ago
    Killing off a species so we can enjoy the planet a little bit more shouldn't be a big deal.