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Generally those efforts are targeted at disease carrying mosquitoes. There are other species of mosquitoes in the same regions and there aren't any animals that
by goda90 4y ago
Generally those efforts are targeted at disease carrying mosquitoes. There are other species of mosquitoes in the same regions and there aren't any animals that only eat one kind of mosquito.
- Brybry 4y agoTo add to this, the disease carrying mosquito species like aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus are invasive species in the Americas. These mosquitoes do some pollination but given that they're invasive it probably wouldn't be a big deal to wipe them out. Also, invasiveness is true of a lot of pests in North America: the American cockroach isn't American, it's from Africa. Brown rats, red/fire ants, and wild pigs are also imported/invasive.
- hidroto 4y agoa complication to eradicating a invasive species is when that species has replaced a native species ecological niche. getting rid of it at that point may cause more problems then it solves.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoLuckily or unluckily depending on your perspective, there is no lack of other species of mosquitoes.
- jabits 4y agoNot when you’re talking about wild pigs…
- cbluth 4y agoI dunno, i think these pale in comparison to humans. Pot kettle black, and all that.