A friend of mine who worked in the University of G### told me an inside story. A team of French scientists made a research of how the mosquitocidal devices of a certain brand really worked. The results were astounding: the mosquitos's cells were forced to age at so accelerated rhythms that the human cells of people in the same room with the device, showed to respond as well. Of course, a very generous donation to the university by the famous brand, silenced the whole research.
Take a look here. There are diverse opinions about their necessity in the ecosystems and the size of the collateral damage, if mosquitos become extinct species by a sudden human intervention. Their biomass is huge in some areas of the planet and connected with the food chain of many fishes, insects, birds, etc, and that alone denotes importance.
The current dogma tends to be:
"If there was a benefit to having them around, we would have found a way to exploit them. We haven't wanted anything from mosquitoes except for them to go away."
Actually, we know nothing about how life intertwines a thriving balance, thru the myriads of life forms. But, we know enough about what happens, when we decide on our own, what is the definition of usefulness ...
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