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Supposedly ecologists who have researched this believe that there are other substitute insects (gnats, flies, etc) that will provide enough food that removing m
by ForHackernews 8y ago
Supposedly ecologists who have researched this believe that there are other substitute insects (gnats, flies, etc) that will provide enough food that removing mosquitoes would not be catastrophic.
I'm a little dubious myself, but I do hate mosquito bites, and I don't even live in a malaria zone.
- macintux 8y agoThere are an estimated 100 billion brine flies in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. I’m confident there will be insects to fill the void. (I don’t mean to sound blasé, especially given the environmental pressures facing so many insects, but I won’t shed a tear for mosquitos.)