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Female mosquitoes bite to produce eggs, male mosquitoes feed on nectar and pollinate plants. Some orchids can only be pollinated by mosquitoes.

• jvanderbot 2y ago
  Fair trade.
• Modified3019 2y ago
  So no one misunderstands, there are over 3000 species of mosquitos, but most biting species of mosquitos only go after birds/amphibians. Only a small number of species (single digit percentage) go after mammals. And even less than have been found to be vectors for disease. The basic point is that yes, we can wipe out selected mosquito species via eradication programs (like sterile mate release) with zero consequence outside of healthier people, because human hazardous mosquitos aren’t unique to the ecological niche they fill.
  • smegger001 2y ago
    better than sterile male we could release fertile ones genetically modified to only have male offspring that in turn only have male offspring inside handful of generations there are no female mosquitos left. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10795774/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10795774/
    • Modified3019 2y ago
      Oh that’s interesting, thanks.