And don’t say humans, too obvious, too cynical.

I’d delete mosquitos.

The only negative effect I can think of would be fish won’t have mosquito larvae to eat and their diet would have to shift.

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    I remember reading some scientic article that examined what would happen if we eradicated the mosquitos entirely.

    Surprisingly, they came to the conclusion that they’d just be gone and we would be a lot happier without the nuisance and the diseases they spread.

    No other species is dependent on mosquitos as a food source, they could easily find enough to eat with them gone. Mosquitos apparently serve no known vital purpose in their ecosystems, although it was mentioned that males of some species have some little value as secondary pollinators.

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      1 year ago

      That’s interesting. With how many of them there are and knowing that many species eat them, I would have expected that at least some of them would suffer in some way.