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[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Nothing evolves to have a purpose, something just mutated by chance that happens to serve a beneficial function to the environment and other organisms

Also I'm pretty sure birds, bats and plants can eat other bugs

What's the statistics on bug food for birds and plants ?

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 3 days ago

Statistics on bug food????? For birds and plants??? Do you want the whole thing dumped here in the comments? Or do you mean "do birds eat insects"? Yes. A lot.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Diets are highly species specific, but mosquitos are generally less than 3% of the diet for most birds and bats. Too small, don't fly around at the correct time of day/night, and pretty agile, so they aren't supper important for most birds and bats.

Also, usually they hatch in the billions all at once and die within a few weeks so there's a very limited amount of time that they even can be preyed on as food. Their strategy (many of them, not all species) is to overwhelm any predators with numbers.

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