• helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    8 months ago

    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.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I gotcha, I thought you were saying that bats would suffer if the mosquitoes were eliminated.

      Yes, anything we do to improve bat populations would be good for a variety of reasons. But I doubt that any one bat species would make a dent in the specific mosquitoes that act as vectors for disease. Plus, if you start introducing bat species to non-native habitats, you run the risk of repeating the mosquitofish catastrophe.