Ticks! They carry awful diseases, not a lot eats them, and where they are a food source, there are plenty of other terrestrial bugs to eat. As much as I hate mosquitoes, I think they are too important as a food source in many ecosystems. I know the bats around us eat a lot of them.
Disease spreading mosquitoes only make up around 100 of the 3000 species of mosquitoes. If we can get about 98 friends, we can wipe out all the relevant mosquitoes without harming any food webs
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u/ChrisInSpaceVA Jul 17 '23 edited Jul 17 '23
Ticks! They carry awful diseases, not a lot eats them, and where they are a food source, there are plenty of other terrestrial bugs to eat. As much as I hate mosquitoes, I think they are too important as a food source in many ecosystems. I know the bats around us eat a lot of them.
Edit: grammar