Benefits of mosquitoes. Why do we need mosquitoes in nature?

Ask a hundred people about the benefits of mosquitoes - ninety-nine will look at you like you're crazy. If only they remember that midge birds and frogs eat - and that's good. But nothing in nature exists just like that, out of harm.

Thank you mosquito

“A mosquito is a doctor who detects your illnesses before you begin to suspect them,” biologist Valery Krapivin is convinced. - Please note that the mosquito does not immediately dig in, it chooses a place to bite, but not something that is softer. He is looking for "bad blood". Only for some reason, leeches and bees were recognized as the ability to heal, and the mosquito is in disgrace. The place of the bite, like his victim, he chooses by "smell". And the sore spot “smells” the most. The mosquito finds him."

Speaking in the language of Chinese medicine, mosquitoes and other "acupuncture" living creatures clear the energy channels, releasing stagnant energy. We trust acupuncturists, but they are looking for a place for an injection, guided by book knowledge about active points and experience, and the midge simply feels such places.

“A sore spot in a person always radiates more heat,” continues Valery Krapivin. - After all, the body in this place accumulates energy and pumps blood to get rid of toxins. Insects feel it. These are the doctors that nature gave us, so I just endure mosquito bites and let them do the job of cleaning my body. By the way, after sessions of "mosquito therapy" my wife's heart always "lets go".

Let yourself be bitten

If you look closely at people resting in nature, you will notice that some mosquitoes almost do not bite, while others simply stick around from head to toe. It's not because one is "tastier" than the other. It's just that there is much more work with a slagged organism.

We have not noticed that the aborigines are less worried about the midges than the people who have recently arrived in this area. After all, eating what grows here, we seem to “merge” with the biological background and the chemical composition of the blood is enriched with microelements inherent in local food - read, berries, mushrooms, fish, meat, nuts, etc.

Need to drink clean water, eat right, lean on vegetables and fruits, take a steam bath and move more. Slags will actively come out, and midges will sit on you less and less.

“My daughter is raising my grandson correctly,” continues Valery Krapivin. - He can’t stand smoked sausage, but he eats fruits and berries from the garden with pleasure. His mosquitoes almost do not bite. So the body is healthy.

By the way, insects also maintain the ecological balance in the taiga region - a significant part of the circulation of substances occurs due to mosquitoes. Every year 30 kg of carbon, 15 kg of nitrogen, 10 kg of phosphorus and 6 kg of calcium “fly away” from 100 hectares of swamp - thus, the swamps lose their detrimental effect on the forest. Flying out of water bodies, mosquitoes die on land, fertilizing the soil. For 1 km2 of forests and meadows adjacent to the reservoir, there are up to 500 kg of such a beautiful organic fertilizer. Vital trace elements such as cobalt, manganese, iodine, iron and gold are transferred from water to land. And, of course, a decent part of the work on pollinating flowers in the taiga and tundra is taken by the mosquito on its fragile wings ...

Prepared by: Sergey Koval

With the exception of Antarctica, the mosquito is everywhere. Each of us is familiar with him, and we all know what the situation can turn out to be if the window is open in a hot, humid summer and there is no mosquito net on it - the night will be spoiled, and by morning the body will be covered with itchy. And at such moments it seems that this insect is only harmful, especially if we take into account the diseases that it carries. But the mosquito is not so simple. Let's find out a little more about him.

The mosquito is so small, and a lot of informative information about it has been collected

Who are mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes are representatives of the Diptera family and they belong to the group of long-whiskers. In total, there are about 3 thousand species of these insects. In Russia, there are mosquitoes of the genus biters, and real ones, but in general it is common on the territory of our country. In the conditions of the city, the most wide use got a common mosquito.

body structure

The mosquito has the following structure:

• the body is thin, no more than 1.5 cm long, painted in gray, yellow or Brown color; the body consists of three main parts - this is the head, chest and abdomen;
• on the head are antennae, divided into 15 small segments, and a mouth apparatus, represented by two pairs of jaws, a tongue, numerous small teeth and a pair of lips; lips form a kind of groove in which long needles are located; the groove of the females has bristles and is somewhat longer than that of the males;
• the abdomen is divided into ten segments; the last two are parts of the external genital apparatus, near which the anus is located; the first eight segments are interconnected by an elastic membrane - the pleura, and each consists of two plates - ventral and dorsal, the second - the sixth segments are carriers of spiracles;
• for insects of the mosquito family, the chest is the central organ to which, in addition to the head and abdomen, paws and wings are attached; the chest itself consists of three parts: prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax; the prothorax has an external skeleton consisting of three plates; the mesothorax consists of the same number of plates, but it is more developed and bears the anterior thoracic spiracle; on the sides of the thoracic region is the metasternum
• wings thin and narrow, composed of veins located along and across, along the edge of each wing framed by a costal vein; scales are unevenly located on the surface, which form a fringe along the posterior edge of each wing;
  

  On a note! Some scientists are inclined to think that there are nerve endings on the surface of the wings, which are the sense organs!

• legs are located on the mesothorax and their number is six; each leg is divided into pelvis, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus; each tarsus, in turn, consists of five segments and on the last has two claws; under each claw there is one suction cup; on the inner parts of the hind legs there are several flat spines arranged in a row.

Females and males - looking for differences

Male and female mosquitoes differ in both external signs and food preferences:

• female representatives with blood, as it is a source of protein, lipids and iron; thanks to such food, female mosquitoes have the opportunity to continue the race; after saturation, the mosquito flies to a secluded place, where it digests the extracted portion for several days, at the same time eggs ripen in its body; males, for normal life, have enough flower nectar, which is saturated with carbohydrates; carbohydrates in the body of a mosquito are converted into glycogen - this is the energy that the male gradually expends during flights;
• during the act of feeding, females must pierce the dense skin, and therefore their oral apparatus is equipped with piercing needles located in the proboscis; males do not have these needles, since they simply do not need them;
• the male mosquito has longer hairs on the antennae and this is noticeable even without a microscope; they look like soft fluffy feathers; the mustache of the female half of the mosquito family is very thin and inconspicuous.

Lifestyle

Do you know where mosquitoes live? The habitat of these bloodsuckers will depend on the following factors:

• species of insect - some are able to exist in temperate climate, for others, tropical forests are the most acceptable place to live;
• the location of the food source - in a certain period of life, females feed on the blood of humans and animals, and therefore they will always be in close proximity to the source of saturation;
• climatic conditions - mosquitoes do not like the cold too much and will always choose a warmer place;
  

  On a note! Optimum temperature air for their normal existence is +16°C!

• high humidity - the most favorable for reproduction is a place where the humidity will be in the range of 80-90%.

On a note! Scientists note the fact that mosquitoes are able to adapt to the most unexpected conditions of existence, and therefore, it is possible that they will soon be able to populate Antarctica!

Life span

The lifespan of a mosquito is somewhat longer than, say, ants and butterflies. However, it is impossible to name the exact length of time, since it depends on:

• gender - nature gave the male only three weeks of life, but a much longer period has been prepared for females, which is about three months;
  

  On a note! The presence of favorable conditions and winter suspended animation prolong the life of females - in this case, it increases to one year!

• nutrition - how long a mosquito lives is also affected by its menu, for example, if a source of saturation is nearby all the time, then the female will have energy in order to lay eggs and remain in good health after that, but with an insufficient diet, young animals it will turn out weak, and the mosquito itself will die immediately after it makes a clutch;
• temperature conditions - despite the fact that these insects take root perfectly in almost any conditions, they still affect their life expectancy; if the temperature environment will be +23°C and above, then the female mosquito will live no more than 43 days, 20...23°C - 58 days, 15...20°C - up to 114 days, 10...15°C - about 120 days.

On a note! The opinion that a mosquito dies immediately after a bite is erroneous. In addition, neither the number of bitten nor the amount of blood they drink affects their life expectancy! After a bite, a bloodsucker can die only if it is slammed by the victim herself!

Why are mosquitoes dangerous?

On a note! It is characteristic that Dengue fever can only be transmitted through infected mosquitoes, this disease does not pass from person to person!

Important! About 700 million people annually become infected with various diseases through mosquito bites. Most often, residents of South and Central America, Africa, Mexico, Asia and Russia suffer. And at the same time, about 2 million people die from such diseases every year!

Significance for nature

The role of mosquitoes in nature is much more significant than it might seem at first glance. This small insect takes an active part in many important processes:

• living most of their lives in water, they accumulate in their body a huge amount of important trace elements, minerals and beneficial bacteria, which, after the death of the insect, end up in the soil, enriching and fertilizing it;
  

  On a note! From this point of view, mosquitoes become especially important for the taiga, where they are sometimes the only ones who transfer trace elements from swamps to the soil! Every year, these little insects carry about 16 kg of nitrogen, 9 kg of phosphorus and 6 kg of calcium on their tiny paws!

• in the form of pupae, and adults, they are food for many species of fish, birds, animals and large insects; in this way, mosquitoes maintain the stability of their food turnover;
• feeding on the nectar of plants, they participate in the process of pollination, carrying pollen on their legs, wings and proboscis.

Surprisingly, such a simple, and sometimes dangerous mosquito, actually brings great benefits to nature.

Any mosquito is your personal free little doctor, except perhaps without a white coat, which detects your diseases before you begin to suspect them. Note that the mosquito does not immediately dig in, it chooses a place to bite where the "bad blood" is. He chooses the bite site according to the "smell" (uric acid or sweat, the smell of which is heard within a radius of 3 km). And the sore spot “smells” the most. The mosquito finds him. By the way, if you mentally turn to a mosquito with a request to bite him, he most often flies away. It even becomes insulting: after all, he asked
Speaking in the language of Chinese medicine, mosquitoes and other "acupuncture" living creatures clear the energy channels, releasing stagnant energy. Mosquitoes simply feel such places. So, for example, today I was walking through the forest in warm rain and mosquitoes rushing at speeds of up to 3 km / h stuck around my legs. I allowed them to refuel, and, to be completely sincere, to clean myself: a year ago I got rid of a tumor on a knee 20 years ago (they just made a blockade of it and it resolved in a week). Today I experienced even more: having opened the canals, the cells on my legs, at first my feet began to tingle, and then I suddenly wanted to run and clear my stomach! The call was clear. I realized how much all sorts of superfluous things had accumulated in me, and the mosquitoes let me feel it ...
A sore spot in a person always radiates more heat, because. the body in this place accumulates energy and pumps blood to get rid of toxins. Insects feel it.
Some mosquitoes almost never bite, while others they simply stick around from head to toe: there is much more work with a slagged organism. Also with the natives, who are almost never bitten, because. they feed on what grows here, i.e. merge with nature.
In addition, insects maintain the ecological balance in the forest. In the taiga region, a significant part of the circulation of substances occurs due to mosquitoes. Every year 30 kg of carbon, 15 kg of nitrogen, 10 kg of phosphorus and 6 kg of calcium “fly away” from 100 hectares of swamp. Thus, swamps lose their detrimental effect on the forest. Flying out of water bodies, mosquitoes die on land, fertilizing the soil. For 1 km2 of forests and meadows adjacent to the reservoir, there are up to 500 kg of such an excellent organic fertilizer. Vital trace elements such as cobalt, manganese, iodine, iron and gold are transferred from water to land. And, of course, a decent part of the pollination of flowers in the taiga and tundra is taken by the mosquito on its fragile wings ...
And some more information about mosquitoes. The characteristic sound that we hear is how females attract males to themselves. Female mosquitoes use blood to make eggs, as human blood contains some of the proteins needed for reproduction. More blood, more eggs. Actually, mosquitoes usually feed on nectar, with the exception, of course, of females.

Whenever we are talking about insects that bother man, assumptions about the possible benefits of these creatures look out of place. But nothing in nature happens just like that. Each creature, even the most unpleasant, is in its own place and is an important link in the food chain - biocenosis.

On a note!

Each locality has its own local biocenosis. Some creatures are someone's food or a source of useful elements, other participants in the chain are consumers of all the benefits created in the chain. Mosquitoes are far from the last place in importance in the formation of biocenosis.

benefits of mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are small blood-sucking insects living everywhere on all continents except Antarctica. Their development from egg to adult happens in the water. The formed insect can be found in grass thickets, parks, forests, desert areas.

Interesting!

Females of most species of mosquitoes feed on the blood of their victims to form offspring, while males choose nectar and plant sap as their food.

Given the wide habitat and stay of the insect in water, on land and in the air, it is possible to analyze what role it plays in the formation of biocenosis:

1. Filtration of reservoirs. The mosquito larva, despite its microscopic size, is able to pass through itself up to one liter per day in search of microorganisms and bacteria. Purified water becomes less suitable for the growth of dangerous bacteria.
2. Nutritious forage for inhabitants of reservoirs. Eggs, larvae and pupae of mosquitoes feed on many species of fish, amphibians, and other insects.
3. Spreading chemical elements. Filtering the water of lakes and swamps, insects accumulate in their body such useful elements as nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, iron, manganese, boron. Turning into an imago, the mosquito can cross long distances and die in the forest, which is so necessary for development chemical substances. In some areas, mosquitoes are the only transporter of useful elements of water bodies for forests.
4. Mosquitoes are needed to pollinate plants. In some species, males and females feed exclusively on plant foods - nectar and plant sap. Flying from one flower to another, they carry pollen particles on their legs and proboscis, thereby contributing to pollination and the development of flora.
5. Food for birds and terrestrial inhabitants.
6. Animal control. Being carriers dangerous diseases, mosquitoes regulate the population of a particular species of animals. This contributes to the balance in the ecosystem and maintains an optimal ratio between species.

Harm of mosquitoes

Harm from mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are definitely not the most pleasant insects for humans. Their bites provoke an allergic reaction on the skin, discomfort can be replaced by severe itching, swelling, feeling unwell. But some types of these bloodsuckers carry a real disaster - deadly diseases. The malarial mosquito is a carrier of dangerous diseases:

• malaria;
• encephalitis;
• anthrax;
• dengue;
• intestinal infections and others.

Both animals and people can suffer from malarial mosquito bites. Diseases carried by the malarial mosquito, anopheles, often result in lethal outcome. Especially often deaths occur in hot third world countries. Malaria vector control has improved sanitation in some regions. And this fact can be attributed in favor of the presence of such a threat as malaria.

On a note!

To prevent insect damage from being so destructive, mosquito repellents can always be used. modern repellents, mosquito net, folk remedies and other adaptations significantly reduce the risk of being bitten.

Some people find mosquito bites beneficial. This is due to the fact that during the penetration of the proboscis into the blood vessel, the mosquito injects into the blood a special substance that prevents blood clotting. This component, according to some reports, may have a positive effect on people who have blood clots in their blood vessels or thickening of the blood.

Mosquito centipede

Another type of mosquito - the weevil is a real disaster for Agriculture. The adult insect itself does not have any negative effect on the garden. Harm is caused by mosquito larvae, which appeared from eggs laid in moist soil. They are capable of devouring everything in their path. Often they come across cultivated plants which are of great importance for the development of agriculture in the region:

• potato;
• carrot;
• beet;
• cabbage.

What will cause the disappearance of mosquitoes

It is impossible to say exactly what the complete disappearance of all types of mosquitoes on the planet will entail. But it is possible to analyze the situations that have arisen from the previous bitter experience of people intervening in the ecosystem. When a person decides for himself that he needs to get rid of this or that type of plant or animal, he does not realize the whole picture.

Having destroyed a certain link in the food chain, nature will begin to look for a replacement for it, or rebuild the food chain in a different way. And it can be assumed with great certainty that new version biocenosis is unlikely to take into account all human needs. And he will again have to solve his problems by exterminating another participant in the natural system.

The destruction of mosquitoes everywhere will serve as a new impetus for changes in the food chain, and more habitual mosquitoes may be replaced by more dangerous species insects. Their evolution and mutation will adjust to replace the missing link. But this is unlikely to suit a person. The conclusion is obvious - intervention in nature entails unpleasant or even destructive consequences for all mankind.

Mosquitoes are not only small, squeaking insects that are designed to annoy a person and spoil the whole vacation in the summer. Their purpose is much more significant and larger. There are many reasons why mosquitoes are needed. After all, they play an important role in the natural balance, and without them the world could not remain in the form in which it is at the moment.

The pesky midge is an important link in many food chains. Without them, the entire plant and animal world. Even a person's life would undergo major changes.

• The benefits of mosquitoes begin long before they turn into adults. Some amphibians choose their eggs and larvae as their main food source.
• Mosquito larvae have a high ability to filter water. In just 1 hour, one individual can pass about 1 liter of water through itself. They also help to somewhat purify water bodies, as they feed on the decomposition products of plants and algae.
• When considering the question of what mosquitoes are for, they also talk about their role in providing nutrients. land and herbalists. Mosquitoes are useful even after their death. After turning into an adult, the pupa takes with it a huge amount of microelements from the reservoir, which enrich the soil after death.
• Males are needed in nature and for the active reproduction of plants. They, unlike females, lead a herbivore lifestyle and do not use the blood of warm-blooded animals as food. Males pollinate plants, and contribute to their development.

Interesting!

Mosquitoes are useful even for medicinal purposes. In some countries of the East, mosquito therapy is practiced for treatment. Its essence is based on the ability of bloodsuckers to find weak and painful places on the human body.

If mosquitoes and midges begin to disappear, man, vegetable and natural world will be forced to adapt to the new conditions of existence on the planet. The benefits of mosquitoes were laid down by nature from the very beginning and you cannot interfere with this system.

Many people are familiar with the harmful effects after meeting with mosquitoes. The main and most backfire are:

• terrible itching;
• irritation and swelling on the skin;
• the appearance of blisters.

But these are only the most common situations. Sometimes a mosquito bite can cause a severe allergic reaction, ingestion of worm larvae or a dangerous malaria virus into the human body if the offender was a malarial mosquito.

But sometimes even mosquito bites can benefit a person. During the attack on the victim, the bloodsucker injects a special substance under the skin. It is designed to thin the blood and prevent it from clotting until the insect is satiated. This effect cannot be compared with the reaction to the banal Aspirin, but light therapy is present.

Also, scientists have found interesting fact about mosquitoes: often insects sit on diseased areas, as they emit more heat energy. They are able to eliminate small capillary blood clots and improve blood circulation.

But even these arguments cannot be a reason to voluntarily expose your body to a whole horde of hungry bloodsuckers. After all, this therapy may not be safe for everyone. Therefore, it is better, recovering from nature, to take care of the availability of special protective equipment from mosquitoes for humans and pets.

What is the world without bloodsuckers

If we hypothetically imagine the situation that all mosquitoes have died out, then the world will cease to exist in the form in which it is at the moment.

Although mosquitoes are very small insects, which can only be examined in detail under a microscope, they are numerous and play an important vital role for many living beings and even humans.

What happens if mosquitoes disappear:

1. Together with them, some species of fish that feed only on these insects will disappear. One of the most famous is the gambusia. It prefers to use malarial mosquito larvae as its main food source. Not all species will die, but survivors will have to look for other food.
2. The populations of representatives of the fauna who feed on mosquitoes will die out or significantly decrease: toads, frogs and the bats. As a result, they will have to look for a new object to eat and change the number of butterflies, caterpillars and other organisms.
3. Changes in flora. Many plants will simply disappear, since their pollination occurs precisely due to male mosquitoes, because the diet of mosquitoes is directly dependent on gender. And if the females need blood, then the males feed on nectar. The number of representatives of the plant world, which could fully develop thanks to fertilizers after the work of insect larvae, will also be reduced. This will not cause significant damage to agriculture, but certain representatives of the flora will die out forever.
4. Birds. The absence of mosquitoes will not cause the birds to die. But they will have to look for other options than to eat. In cities, it will be very difficult for such representatives as swifts and swallows to find food sources for themselves. Their populations will be significantly reduced. Birds will also have to leave urban areas.
5. Reindeer migration. These animals are afraid of mosquitoes and do not live where there are a large number of bloodsuckers. The disappearance of mosquitoes will expand the ranges of deer, which will have a significant burden on other biocenoses.
6. Solving problems with certain diseases. Mosquitoes are carriers of diseases: malaria, filaria larvae, etc. People will get sick and die less often.
7. Increase in the development area. Some lands still remain uncultivated only because there are huge numbers of mosquitoes. If they disappear, a person will be able to develop new lands, which will certainly affect the balance of the entire living world.

Thus, the role of mosquitoes in human life and nature has been determined by natural laws since the creation of the world. A person should not confront them or try to change. It is important to maintain the existing harmony.

People who encounter blood-sucking insects want to scare them away or destroy them. Few people know about the benefits of mosquitoes. Blood-sucking pests are eaten by reptiles and other living creatures. Some blood-sucking species ingest microorganisms. To understand whether there is any benefit from mosquitoes, it is necessary to study the features of their life and existence.

What benefits do they bring to man and nature?

If blood-sucking mosquitoes disappear, the food chain will be disrupted. This will entail changes in both the animal and plant worlds. The disappearance of mosquitoes will also affect human life. To understand how a squeaking mosquito can be useful, you need to study some aspects:

• Mosquitoes are useful not only at the adult stage, but also at the stage of larvae and pupae. After all, many amphibians feed on eggs, look for larvae in the water.
• Another important role of mosquitoes in nature is water filtration. This function is performed by the larvae. Small individuals pass about 900-1,000 ml of water in 60 minutes. Larvae consume decomposition products that are present in containers and small ponds.
• To the question of why blood-sucking mosquitoes are needed, scientists give an unequivocal answer. They act as nutrients for vegetation and soil. After all, pupae and larvae consume trace elements that are in the water. After the death of insects, these substances enter the soil. Therefore, the benefits of mosquitoes will be if they die.
• Many are aware of the benefits of a male mosquito. After all, males pollinate plants, which contributes to their more active development.
• The nature of mosquitoes is actively studied by oriental craftsmen and healers. They use these blood-sucking insects to find weak spots and painful areas.

What will happen when mosquitoes disappear is hard to imagine. After all, the flora and fauna will need to adapt to radically new living conditions.

The benefits and harms of mosquito bites

Adults and children are aware of the consequences of a mosquito bite. AT summer period people face certain difficulties:

1. Edema and seals.
2. Irritation.
3. Allergic reactions.
4. Infectious diseases that are unsafe and harmful to humans.

But a person needs to know what benefits blood-sucking insects bring. During a bite, a mosquito introduces special components under the skin. They help thin the blood and prevent it from clotting. Mosquito saliva works on the same principle as the corresponding drugs. Choosing a site for a bite, insects fly up to sore spots. Therefore, a mosquito brings a lot of usefulness to a person. For example, he determines who needs to be treated.

Although blood-sucking pests bring considerable benefits, not all people benefit from such therapy. Therefore, mosquito repellents, insecticidal preparations and natural repellents should be prepared in advance. This is especially important if parents take their babies with them.

Bloodsucker will talk about the state of health

Understanding why blood-sucking mosquitoes are needed, many people are guided by stereotypes. Some citizens believe that pests carry hepatitis. But this is not true. Pus in the wound is collected only if the damaged area is not treated with special lotions or alcohol solutions.

In order to understand what will happen if all mosquitoes die out, it is necessary to study the benefits of bites:

• Blood-sucking insects choose to bite a damaged or diseased area. Often they consume blood from a blood vessel in which a small clot has formed.
• This therapy allows you to cleanse the blood of little useful substances and potential debris.
• People's immunity increases if they are bitten by mosquitoes.

But people who are prone to allergies need to protect themselves from bites. After all, getting rid of their consequences is difficult. This may require medications or special ointments.

Where do flying pests most often bite?

The company, resting in the country, often notices that blood-sucking insects do not attack everyone. Those adults and children who eat natural products and spend a lot of time in nature do not suffer from bites. After 7–14 days, people emit an odor that is unattractive to pests. That is why mosquitoes and midges do not react to inveterate summer residents. Manufacturers of protective equipment also use this property. They use natural repellents and substances that repel pests and help reduce the likelihood of attack.

Before attacking, mosquitoes carefully choose a place to bite. When selecting insects, pay attention to certain points:

• Those places from which the rich aroma of lactic acid emanates.
• Blood purity. If a person eats properly, does not use harmful foods, then insects rarely attack him.
• Muscle condition. The mosquito looks for areas with damaged muscles or damaged epithelium.

Mosquito therapy in Chinese medicine

Chinese practitioners know exactly why mosquitoes exist in this world. The blood-sucking insect consumes not only blood, but also cleans the energy channels. After all, it comes out through the holes negative energy that is present in the human body. Chinese craftsmen carry out a similar procedure, using special needles for this purpose. If the points for injections are correctly determined, then the person's condition improves.

You need to know about the importance of blood-sucking insects in nature. After all, some people carry out mass extermination of mosquitoes. And they don't think about the harm they cause.

Evolution does not talk about benefit, about purpose, it does not have a point of view.

It is enough that there are resources, a niche to which mosquitoes have adapted.

Yes, mosquitoes suck blood to reproduce more successfully. Female mosquitoes. Obtained substances construction material for eggs.

Male mosquitoes feed on nectar, do not bite, and are an important plant pollinator, especially for the taiga.

Some types of mosquitoes do not bite at all, some can bite, and then lay more eggs.

Mosquito larvae are food for fish and other inhabitants of swamps, ponds, lakes. Have you ever heard or seen bloodworms in pet stores, markets for aquarists and fishermen? The bloodworm is also a mosquito larva, only a different one that does not bite a person. There are thousands of different kinds of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes themselves are also food for the same frogs, birds, dragonflies.

Mosquitoes are involved in the turnover of microelements and bacteria, transferring 30 kg of this good per year, which is very important in the taiga, which is poor in this regard.

Yes, some species carry infections. But these pathogenic microorganisms are equal inhabitants of the Earth. They also occupy niches, they also eat what they get. They are neither harmful nor helpful. They are our neighbours. We can say that mosquitoes (some) bring "benefit" to malarial plasmodia.

But if we talk about microorganisms in general, they play a huge role in life, and are one of the "tools" of evolution. There are stories about this on our website.

Who and why, besides themselves, need people? Well, except that the rats need us, even cockroaches, and those are no longer friends with us.

To justify one's difference from animals and to make the existence of animals dependent on their usefulness to man is possible only on the basis of some kind of religion, which is now not popularly put as the basis of practical life.

Nature still populated the Earth with mosquitoes, or people, or bacteria. Everyone exists because they exist, everyone fights everyone, someone has adapted to use everyone for himself.

By the way, I once read such a comment by one front-line soldier - a mosquito is needed so that the soldier does not sleep at the post.)

What happens if mosquitoes disappear completely?

Whenever it comes to insects that bother a person, assumptions about the possible benefits of these creatures look out of place. But nothing in nature happens just like that. Each creature, even the most unpleasant, is in its own place and is an important link in the food chain - biocenosis.

On a note!

Each locality has its own local biocenosis. Some creatures are someone's food or a source of useful elements, other participants in the chain are consumers of all the benefits created in the chain. Mosquitoes are far from the last place in importance in the formation of biocenosis.

benefits of mosquitoes

They are small blood-sucking insects that live everywhere on all continents except Antarctica. Their development from egg to adult takes place in water. The formed insect can be found in grass thickets, parks, forests, desert areas.

Interesting!

The females of most species of mosquitoes to form the offspring of their victims, and the males choose nectar and plant sap as their food.

Given the wide habitat and stay of the insect in water, on land and in the air, it is possible to analyze what role it plays in the formation of biocenosis:

1. Filtration of reservoirs. , despite its microscopic size, is able to pass through itself up to one liter per day in search of microorganisms and bacteria. Purified water becomes less suitable for the growth of dangerous bacteria.
2. for water dwellers. Eggs, larvae and pupae of mosquitoes feed on many species of fish, amphibians, and other insects.
3. Distribution of chemical elements. Filtering the water of lakes and swamps, insects accumulate in their body such useful elements as nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, iron, manganese, boron. Turning into an adult, a mosquito can cross long distances and die in a forest that needs chemicals to develop. In some areas, mosquitoes are the only transporter of useful elements of water bodies for forests.
4. Mosquitoes are needed to pollinate plants. In some species, exclusively plant food - nectar and plant juice. Flying from one flower to another, they carry pollen particles on their legs and proboscis, thereby contributing to pollination and the development of flora.
5. Food for birds and terrestrial inhabitants.
6. Animal control. Being, mosquitoes regulate the population size of a particular species of animal. This contributes to the balance in the ecosystem and maintains an optimal ratio between species.

Harm of mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are definitely not the most pleasant insects for humans. They are provoked on the skin, discomfort can be replaced by poor health. But some types of these bloodsuckers carry a real disaster - deadly diseases. is a carrier of dangerous diseases:

• malaria;
• encephalitis;
• anthrax;
• dengue;
• intestinal infections and others.

Another type of mosquito is a real disaster for agriculture. The adult insect itself does not have any negative effect on the garden. Harm is caused by mosquito larvae, which appeared from eggs laid in moist soil. They are capable of devouring everything in their path. Often they come across cultivated plants that are of great importance for the development of agriculture in the region:

• potato;
• carrot;
• beet;
• cabbage.

What will cause the disappearance of mosquitoes

It is impossible to say exactly what the complete disappearance of all types of mosquitoes on the planet will entail. But it is possible to analyze the situations that have arisen from the previous bitter experience of people intervening in the ecosystem. When a person decides for himself that he needs to get rid of this or that type of plant or animal, he does not realize the whole picture.

Having destroyed a certain link in the food chain, nature will begin to look for a replacement for it, or rebuild the food chain in a different way. And with great confidence it can be assumed that the new version of the biocenosis is unlikely to take into account all human needs. And he will again have to solve his problems by exterminating another participant in the natural system.

The destruction of mosquitoes everywhere will serve as a new impetus for changes in the food chain, and more dangerous species of insects may take the place of already familiar mosquitoes. Their evolution and mutation will adjust to replace the missing link. But this is unlikely to suit a person. The conclusion is obvious - intervention in nature entails unpleasant or even destructive consequences for all mankind.