Roaches? What?

That's usually the case, but it's just not true for mosquitos. Entomologist quoted in this Nature article:

"If we eradicated them tomorrow, the ecosystems where they are active will hiccup and then get on with life. Something better or worse would take over."

I can tolerate most pests, even cockroaches, but I draw the line at bedbugs. Don't care if they have any purpose, just fuck them

There are many types of mosquitoes, but only a few suck blood. It's the bloodsuckers they're talking about when they say no one would miss them.

I absolutely like pests!

I like them to stay out of my house, mostly.

But you know, all the other stuff that helps keep us alive is a big bonus, too.

How do you define "wasp" though? All Hymenoptera? All Apocrita? All Apocrita minus Apoidea and/or Formicidae? All Vespoidea (minus Formicidae?)? Only Vespidae?

What about all the parasitic wasps? All fig trees would die and with them whole food webs. And if all the parasitic wasps that hold other organisms in check would die, this would also lead to a total disruption of so many biomes...

We are the only species out of the ecologic system, we need the nature, but the nature don't need us.

What about ticks?

I'm sure they somehow contribute to the stability, but I try so hard to ignore it.

As long as these creatures leave me the fuck alone they can stick around

If humans went extinct.. um...

Um.

UUMMMM.......!!!!!

We've successfully extinctified hundreds of species through our very excellent human-centric activities. I've yet to see any environmental fallout from it. Where are the secondary and tertiary extinctions of the animals that depended on the first lot we rubbed out? Where are the corpses left in the wake of the dodo's disappearance? Big Environmental Science™ won't tell you, because they can't. They're shills and liars, all of 'em. Rich elites who make bank on selling textbooks at a 1,200% markup.

Who's up for starting a truthseeker podcast with me?

/s

The sun has a purpose, and it can easily kill you. Merely having a purpose doesn’t make that purpose useful or without dangers.

If humans went extinct the planet would find balance.

Until we are forced to replace them with technological bandaids and hope the ecosystem keeps churning. Like we've been doing for a couple centuries atleast.

...and if humans went extinct all species would benefit.

@fossilesque all I ask is for the specific mosquito species to go extinct that carry the dangerous version of malaria and dengue

I probably don't care about those plants or anything they depend on.

At least not enough to think mosquitoes are worth it.

I couldn't give less of a fuck about roaches, they ain't bother me, I ain't bother them. But mosquitoes? Purpose of no purpose, fuck them right to hell.