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[–] OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 1 year ago (2 children)

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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Definitely mosquitoes.

[–] Birdie@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

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

Really it is people, though.

Parasitic worms

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

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] Bebo@literature.cafe 5 points 1 year ago

Same for me, mosquitoes. Those pesky little buggers!

[–] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Australians would say emus

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[–] aroom@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

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

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