Scientists are not sure. Mosquitoes are not known for eating waste. They don’t improve the soil like earthworms do. Yes, frogs prey on mosquitoes, but it is not their major food source. Mosquitoes pollinate plants since the males drink nectar, but they don’t do a lot of it.
Winegard thinks that may be mosquitoes have evolved to check the uncontrolled human population growth. But no one will accept that theory. Others say they have been put on earth to tell us that we are not as mighty as we think we are. We can be brought down by a tiny insect army. Do you agree?
So do we eradicate all mosquitoes? Biologists say they are part of the ecological cycle, so we cannot. They are there for a purpose, for balance in the eco-system. Who knows, maybe if we kill off all the mosquitoes, we may upset this balance and the natural selection of species. Winegard also points out: “Since there are 3,500 mosquito species and very few transmit diseases, perhaps the eradication of those that transmit diseases is extreme.”
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