Why do we not simply eradicate mosquitos? What would be the negative consequences?
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In Cuba there is a sector of the Health Ministry with the only purpose of eliminating the Aedes Aegypti (Yellow
Fever transmiter mosquito). Even some part of the mandatory military drafted are given the option to belong to that organism. Not an easy task. They go house by house, trying to eliminate the water accumulations (where larvae develops) and to backyards, open fields, spraying chemicals etc. Through the years the mosquito still is present but other insects have disappeared, the most visible the butterflies and cocuyos (cuban fireflies). They have decreased the incidence of the yellow fever, and meningitis, to the cost of the ecosystem. 10 years ago, i haven’t been able to see a single butterfly or firefly in the countryside, and little reptiles, like chamaleons -used to eat mosquitos, flies, and drink water from the poisoned ponds. Etc. Everything is connected.
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