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I'll just edit instead!

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[-] neonred@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Tics. What's their use in nature anyway?

[-] OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

honestly any insect that primarily feeds on blood would be good to go.

  • mosquitoes
  • bed bugs
  • tics
  • fleas

screw all of those things

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 5 points 11 months ago

Particularly disease-carrying mosquitos have been assessed to be unimportant to ecosystems. Although, it's worth noting that outside of those few species, they don't primarily feed on blood, but rather nectar. They take blood once during their reproductive cycle.

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[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Definitely mosquitoes.

[-] Birdie@thelemmy.club 8 points 11 months ago

The bats would miss them.

Any change to the biodiversity on our planet will have a negative effect. What is a pest to you is food for another species, or a pollinator, or any of dozens of valuable purposes.

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[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Parasitic worms

I haven't vomited in years, but the concept of those things makes me feel like I'm gonna

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

The poisonous (not venomous) grasshoppers that eat plants to death but nothing eats them.

Really it is people, though.

[-] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Whatever shit's been preserved in the permafrost that's bound to come back.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Mosquitos. Also bedbugs. Any insect that feeds on blood really

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

Mosquitos are the largest killer of people in history. Getting rid of them would have a massive positive effect.

[-] Bebo@literature.cafe 5 points 11 months ago

Same for me, mosquitoes. Those pesky little buggers!

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Humanity OFC-- oh you said not to say humans... Shit.

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[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Australians would say emus

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[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

None. And we’re hurting badly from the ones that have already been removed.

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