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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by PhasmaFelis on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:29PM (#14773713)
I did a bit of research a while back, and it seemed to agree. Mosquitoes don't keep any other species in check (since their victims rarely die), and they aren't a primary food source for anything; bats will snap them up all night long, but they're still a minority of the stomach contents because they're so small. They are pollinators--I hadn't known that--but, again, they're not primary pollinators for anything, not like bees.

I don't recall reading anything specific about the larvae's importance in aquatic biomes, though, so the anti-mosquitocide guy may have a point.

Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by stephengillie on Friday July 14, 2017 @06:34PM (#14773734)
Maybe they keep bats too busy to eat a more nutritious prey animal, and keep the population from expanding though malnourishment? Similar to the diet of a panda bear, though they unfortunately have no higher-caloric alternative.
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by allendoerfer on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:56PM (#14774183)
I think mammals are smart enough to eat the food with the most nutritions per effort.
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by vkrm on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:52AM (#14775089)
Pandas and Koalas have extremely poor diets in terms of nutrition. It's likely there are other examples as well.
Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by red75prime on Saturday July 15, 2017 @12:10PM (#14777370)
Looks like evolutionary dead end.