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[-] grue@lemmy.world 80 points 1 month ago

You if bugs didn't exist:

(Grasses are angiosperms and rely on bugs to reproduce.)

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

FTFT:

Me if all bugs went on vacation one week in summer.

[-] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Grasses are angiosperms and rely on bugs to reproduce

Even mosquitoes? Please tell me we can live without them.

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Some male mosquitoes pollinate flowering plants, but most grasses don't make flowers so grasses atleast probably don't rely on mosquitoes. But who knows, I'm not a grass-ologist.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Grass does make flowers; they're just typically really small (unless it's something we've bred to be big, like corn or wheat).

For example, bermudagrass in flower:

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck, I was right: I'm really not a grass-ologist

[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

You dislike mosquitos all you want. Some species rely on them. There's always something. They exist for a reason.

Alternatively you can just install screen doors, wear long sleeves, and use mosquito repellent.

[-] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

They exist because they reproduce faster than they die. The fact that they are necessary for some other species is irrelavant to their existance. Such a claim only really makes sense for plants and animals that people farm.

[-] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I feel itchy just from looking at this

[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 8 points 1 month ago

Ecosystem collapse

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

imagine if you could remove bugs from existence and anything that relies on them for food or reproduction such as birds and plants develops alternatives for it.

what a nice place earth would be

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

But bugs are awesome so no thanks ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ‘

[-] Owlboi@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

getting rid of mosquitos alone would save a million people every other year ๐Ÿฅ€

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Bugs are bioengineering masterpieces.

The most recent Zefrank video is a great example of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spuO7OpS6zw

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

No bugs to cuddle up with? Try snakes!

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Me if loratadine didnโ€™t exist.

[-] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Damn that antihistamine, preventing good hardworking people from being able to enjoy laying in the grass!!1

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I hate bugs. Well, more so fear them irrationally, not hate.

But when I am enjoying the outdoors, I do much better with them. Thats their turf, I get it. I also expect them there.

But i see one inside at home or work or somewhere else, whew boy ima screech embarrassingly loud.

[-] LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

bugs won't exist if you can just do it right the first time

this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
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