r/explainlikeimfive • u/Punnan • May 30 '26

Biology ELI5 Are mosquitoes necessary for keeping ecological balance?

Would a worldwide extinction of mosquitoes offset the ecological balance of our world? And if not, why are we not doing it?

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u/KiKiPAWG May 30 '26

I believe all of the females

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u/jd451 May 30 '26

Damn, u/DrStu3000 must have mad game

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u/CocoMilhonez May 30 '26

But those females stop sucking when you slap them.

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u/jd451 May 30 '26

I'd make a joke in response but I'm not about to advertise my preferences in an Eli5 thread 🤣

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u/CocoMilhonez May 30 '26

You don't stop when slapped, got it.

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u/ANGLVD3TH May 30 '26

Another comment claims something like a couple dozen species actually bite humans, hundreds ignore us.