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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.

[–] aroom@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] _TheThunderWolf_@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

but preferably keep the wild ones

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasps are crucial pollinators, and predators for millions of other poisonous, venomous, deadly bug and animals (including other wasps). Ecosystem surviving the sudden loss of all wasps is questionable.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Flies

They are so annoying

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[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I feel like a reasonable but controversial answer to this is cows

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[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Wasps. Their stings hurt like hell.

[–] ScrewdriverFactoryFactoryProvider@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I had to choose one I’d choose one of the ones that’s already going extinct so I could disrupt as few ecosystems as possible

Alternately, is there an invasive species that harms the ecosystems it invades and doesn’t have a non-invasive counterpart? Maybe domesticated cats?

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[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obviously worms in general are needed, but any big group of mainly parasitic ones I could happily delete without a second thought. Ideally let's also destroy any records of their existence.

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[–] Lightsong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wild hogs. They're invasive, they're spreading like crazy in Prairie Canada and Midwest USA.

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