I really REALLY hate mosquitoes. i just got bit 4 times in my sleep. and i was wondering if there was any usefulness for them in nature or anything, or are they all better off not existing at all. please, no wisecracks, I'm serious, i want to learn.
2006-08-13 10:12:32 · 10 answers · asked by pokerlash 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I have no idea.I have 20 bites!!! I got bit 3 times last night also! I hate those things! I cant wait till it gets cold and they ALL DIE!!!! I would love to know what they are good for? God had to put them here for something other than bitting us all the time.. :-)
2006-08-13 10:22:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sandie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All creatures are in ecological balance, or they try to be. Humans upset that balance at their peril.
The Australians introduced the cane toad to eat the bugs in the sugar cane fields. Now they have a cane toad problem.
Many creatures will eat mosquitos, and not only the adults. A whole load of water creatures, including thousands of fish species eat the larvae.
Get rid of mozzies and you introduce masses of other problems.
2006-08-13 10:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by nick s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things in nature don't have to be useful, they just have to be successful. Mosquitoes certainly manage to thrive!
As it happens, many birds eat them. If you have swallows, swifts, house martins or similar birds living near you, it's lovely to watch them in the evening swooping through the sky, catching insects on the wing.
2006-08-13 10:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by Ms Sunlight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, according to wikipedia, mosquitoes only account for 10% of incetovores' diet. Couldn't really find where they have a use, except to spread diseases, which is not a good thing.
2006-08-13 10:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by munesliver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their main purpose in life is to annoy the heck out of humans and pass along germs.
2006-08-13 10:18:41 · answer #5 · answered by pretty_brown_eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food chain!
Their larvae feed fish and amphibians; their adults feed other insects, birds and mammals.
They are just a pain to have at a picnic, or when you are trying to sleep.
I don't think that all of them carry disease; they are just annoying to us.
2006-08-13 11:53:55 · answer #6 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they are to keep the human population at a minimum so we dont blow up the world and have a nuclear winter
2006-08-13 11:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by drewiage20 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they feed many small reptiles and birds. if all mosquitoes died, what will all the little critters eat?
2006-08-13 10:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by ally 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they exist to protect the forest.
2006-08-13 10:17:29 · answer #9 · answered by Genesis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food for Bats and other insectivores...
2006-08-13 10:15:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋