• Dabundis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    95·
    2 年前

    If we were to somehow magically remove mosquitos from existence in an instant, we’d better hope something fills their ecological niche quickly

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      2 年前

      Nothing eats them exclusively, that I know of. And they’re tiny. Any insectivore is getting far more nutrition out of about anything else.

      Maybe I’m wrong, but biologists seem to think eradication is a non-issue.

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      61·
      2 年前

      I think the purpose of the original genetic modification is to make them unable to bite humans (and spread malaria) but to otherwise leave them capable of feeding, thus not wiping them out and upsetting the ecosystem they’re part of

      • Dabundis@lemmy.worldEnglish
        103·
        2 年前

        The niche being food for fish that share their ecosystem in larval stages, and birds/bats/frogs that share their ecosystem in their adult stage.