• Question: What is the point of mosquitoes ?

    Asked by ladysovereignezza to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      None! Mosquitos have been very successful, in evolutionary terms (they exist, and they have been here since the Jurassic), and they fill a particular niche. Unfortunately for humans, we are a good food source..

    • Photo: Mark Vesey

      Mark Vesey answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      Very good question – they annoy me a lot!
      They are part of the food chain though, many birds, fish, bats etc use them as a source of food

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 20 Mar 2011:

      Nothing in nature has “a point”. Mosquitoes just fill an ecological niche (sucking the blood of bigger animals). It works for them because they don’t kill us, so there is never a shortage of supply.

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      In terms of evolution? I see the point of any creature as its ability to survive. Well, I guess the point is that they survive in our world, because warm blooded animals exist. Also, some viruses rely on mosquitos to ‘survive’ or to multiply.

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