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Killing all the mosquitoes would be catastrophic for bird populations. Especially when you consider that not all mosquitoes transmit diseases to humans.
There are only twelve mosquito variants (out of 200) that bite and spread disease. The genetic modifications would only target these.
https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/about/mosquitoes-in-the-us.html
That was what I was referring to
it really wouldn't. they don't have any biomass to provide nutrition with: it's the reason they feed on blood. managing mosquito populations would increase the health (and biomass) of their blood hosts and lead to healthier wildlife populations
Would their niche not be filled by other insects?
They make up a huge chunk of biomass. It's more likely to cause a food chain collapse.
"isn't critical to any plants humans rely on"
that's so fucking dumb. so, so, so, so, so fucking dumb.
Yeah no kidding, way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with such a shitty argument.
https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/downside-up/episodes/c64317ee-6797-4c6c-a5d0-af350132d769