Would We Die Without Mosquitoes?

Without mosquitoes, plant growth could be affected. Wiping out mosquitoes would also wipe out a group of pollinators. Only some species feed on the blood of humans and animals, and even in those species, the females are the only ones sucking blood.

What would happen if there is no mosquitoes?

Without mosquitoes, thousands of plant species would lose a group of pollinators. ... "The ecological effect of eliminating harmful mosquitoes is that you have more people. That's the consequence," says Strickman. Many lives would be saved; many more would no longer be sapped by disease.

Do mosquitoes serve any useful purpose?

While they can seem pointless and purely irritating to us humans, mosquitoes do play a substantial role in the ecosystem. Mosquitoes form an important source of biomass in the food chain—serving as food for fish as larvae and for birds, bats and frogs as adult flies—and some species are important pollinators.