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I'm curious, how far do mosquitoes travel during their lifetime? If this succeeds perfectly, do we actually wipe out mosquitoes in Florida, or do we cause a sh
by gpm 6y ago
I'm curious, how far do mosquitoes travel during their lifetime?
If this succeeds perfectly, do we actually wipe out mosquitoes in Florida, or do we cause a short term dip in there population that mosquitoes from neighboring states quickly fill in?
- nine_k 6y agoThere are great many mosquito-like species, and only rather few of them drink blood.
- KMag 6y agoFewer species drink human blood, and only a handful carry diseases we currently worry about (West Nile, Dengue, Malaria). We're not aware of any species that feeds specifically on one of these dangerous mosquito species, and all of these dangerous species have other mosquito species in their habitats, so we're pretty sure that first- and second-order environmental impact of the extinction of these dangerous mosquito species would be minimal. Though, by greatly reducing human morbidity and mortality, wiping out these dangerous mosquito populations would increase general human environmental impact. Granted, that's a Thanos-level complaint, similar to bicycles causing pollution because exercise causes people to live longer.