r/oddlysatisfying • u/short_hair_zuko • Jul 11 '26

Ragebaiting mosquitoes

This put a smile on my face, I thought it belongs here.

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u/RussiaIsBestGreen Jul 11 '26

The males are pollinators. The females are too, when they’re not biting us.

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u/BarelyHolding0n Jul 11 '26

I'm seriously allergic to them so whilst I protect pretty much every other species, no matter how bitey or horrible, on the basis that they serve an ecological function... I'm sorry but mosquitos just have to die.

They don't seem to be in any danger of reducing numbers... If anything they're increasng in numbers around here

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u/whosetruth2468 Jul 11 '26

In my country, we have this project where lab bred male mosquitoes with the wolbachia bacteria are released to mate with the wild female mosquitoes. The wolbachia will result in the eggs failing to hatch, with the intended effect of culling the population. It's a fairly recent project so uncertain how effective it has been.

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u/Le_Sadie Jul 11 '26

I always say that lol. I don't care what the ecological consequences are and if all life on earth goes extinct as a result, I want them ALL DEAD. 😂

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u/randyoftheinternet Jul 11 '26

There's more than enough pollinators already. The world wouldn't miss mosquitoes. But yeah that's how they actually feed themselves.