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> self-destructing mosquito The mind boggles at what that might look like, but if the mosquito is just going to disappear, that will negatively impact on a who
by FerretFred 7y ago
> self-destructing mosquito
The mind boggles at what that might look like, but if the mosquito is just going to disappear, that will negatively impact on a whole host of other species.
https://www.orkin.com/other/mosquitoes/mosquito-predators https://www.orkin.com/other/mosquitoes/mosquito-predators
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoMy understanding is that, while many species will happily eat mosquitoes, there's no species where mosquitoes are their primary food source. That doesn't mean that eliminating mosquitoes would be consequence-free, of course. It could definitely cause problems for the species who lose a part of their diet, and/or the other prey they eat more of to compensate. But they're not a keystone of the ecosystem like, say, bees are. Also, apparently all of the really dangerous, disease-carrying mosquitoes are invasive.
- godelski 7y agoThe other question is: those predators that (might) actually depend on mosquito, do they depend on the ones were talking about eradicating (which is only a small subset)?
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoAlso true. I'm not sure.