Comment by Maursault
3 years ago
I hate bug zappers. They should be illegal. All they do is kill moths and beetles. They are entirely ineffective against mosquitoes and other biting flies, and their otherwise indiscriminate killing disrupts pollination and generally throws the local environment completely out of balance.
Mosquitoes are pollinators, only the females suck blood, and that's only to produce eggs.
> Mosquitoes are pollinators
Of the 3500 species of mosquito, only 6% bite humans. Of the 200 indigenous species of mosquitos in the US, only 12 of them bite humans. Mosquitos are the world's deadliest animal, killing a million people a year. Moths don't kill anyone, and if they're more efficient than bees at pollination, then they're likely more efficient than mosquitos. If we eliminated only the biting species of mosquito, any detrimental effects on pollination or the food chain would be negligible.
Wow! Learned something new today. I've been misinformed into believe that mosquitoes are useless, and we should wipe them out.
They also move nutrients down the food chain. The larvae and the mosquitoes they produce feed lots of birds and other insects.
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They are useless and harmful, there are far better pollinators than mosquitos.
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Interesting. Never had one but I never thought about it. So there aren’t any more pesty bugs that it’s effective against?
Should fly swatters be illegal too?
You're equating genocide to a mugging. It's a strikingly poor analogy.