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minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoWhat about bats? Also I’ve seen crop treatments with sterile mates be successful. Not sure if I’m using the right words but they essentially airdrop sterile insects.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBats eat tbem, but they won’t go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren’t enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYeah I mean that’s kinda my point. Improve the bat population and you improve the mosquito situation. BTW I realize what I’m saying sounds trivial and I am not arrogant enough to think I just invented a solution, moreso just asking out of curiosity.
What about bats?
Also I’ve seen crop treatments with sterile mates be successful. Not sure if I’m using the right words but they essentially airdrop sterile insects.
Bats eat tbem, but they won’t go extinct without mosquitos as food. There also aren’t enough bats currently to keep the mosquito populations under control due to other factors preventing abat population boom.
Yeah I mean that’s kinda my point. Improve the bat population and you improve the mosquito situation.
BTW I realize what I’m saying sounds trivial and I am not arrogant enough to think I just invented a solution, moreso just asking out of curiosity.