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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, I hate mosquitoes as much as the next guy, but that sounds like a great way to destroy whole ecosystems that rely on mosquitoes as a food source.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

But keep in mind there are a lot of invasive populations of mosquitoes and some of them are disease carrying species. Since they're invasive, by definition they're not vital to the natural ecosystem and those populations could be safely wiped out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Of all the creatures big and small we've driven extinct, mosquitoes will not likely be the one that breaks the camel's back.