Considering all the damage we do to eco systems and how little concern many governments have for the environment how come we are so concerned about potential consequences of fighting mosquitoes with genetically modified bacteria and similiar strategies?
Only a few species are dangerous to humans and none of them are keystone species in their ecosystems so why not just erradicate them?
In: Biology
mosquitos are often important food species in their environment, especially in the larval stage. Anything done to kill them off will have a disproportionate effect in killing off their predators also, often making the problem worse, not better.
This has been tried and that is the effect it usually has. Most predators of mosquito larvae eat huge numbers of them, concentrating any poisons the mosquitos survive in the bodies of the predators.
Birds, bats, and fish all eat mosquitos and their larvae by the billions.
Of course, the most workable solution is to take action to encourage the survival of the predators, and let them get rid of the mostquitos for us.
[brittanica](https://www.britannica.com/story/what-purposes-do-mosquitoes-serve-in-ecosystems)
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