Mrfl grmfl #%$# #*$%&#$W% mosquitoes

[unixronin]

Yeah, I have at least nine mosquito bites on my right foot and ankle, apparently courtsy of a mosquito that got in while I was repairing the screen door (or possibly immediately before I repaired it), and the itching has been driving me nuts all night.  When it comes to ecosystems and species, in the words of the Lord High Executioner¹,

I've got a little list,

They'd none of them be missed ...

...and mosquitoes are DEFINITELY on my list of species I Wouldn't Miss from our ecosystem.  The only useful function they serve is as fish food, and other species would take up that slack.

[1] As in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado, naturally.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

According to out friend DJ (http://www.delorie.com/dj/), "there's about three weeks of mosquitoes and blackflies in the spring, during which you can't go outside, then the dragonflies eat them all."