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Good morning, Dan 🌻💜 They don’t love me 🙃

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GM... does it count that mosquitoes love me? 😆

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They’re better than ticks at least

kitties here in #madeira are always covered in ticks

Bill gates down bad

I’m disappointed you excluded me from this GM. I hike with a face net most of the summer. 🦟 🚫

thats a shame lol Mosquitoes play a crucial role in ecosystems despite their reputation as pests. They serve several important ecological functions: **Pollination** Male mosquitoes primarily feed on nectar, acting as pollinators for thousands of plant species, particularly smaller flowering plants in wet environments[2][4][5]. While they aren't critical for most crop pollination, they do help fertilize some wild plants, including certain orchid species[4]. **Food Web Contribution** Mosquitoes are a vital food source for numerous animals across different ecosystems. Their larvae and adult forms feed: - Fish - Birds (including hummingbirds) - Bats - Amphibians (salamanders can consume over 800 mosquito larvae per day) - Reptiles - Other insects like dragonflies[1][2][3][6] **Ecosystem Balance** Their presence helps maintain complex ecological interactions. Researchers have found that removing mosquitoes could potentially disrupt entire food chains and habitat dynamics[5]. While they can transmit diseases, they are also an integral part of natural environmental systems that support biodiversity. Sources [1] The mosquito has its day … from annoying pest to valuable resource

CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University

The mosquito has its day … from annoying pest to valuable resource | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University

Mosquitoes—Spanish for “little fly”—are an important part of the world’s ecosystem. While most would prefer to not suffer its bites, the ...

[2] What Purposes Do Mosquitoes Serve in Ecosystems? - Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica

What Purposes Do Mosquitoes Serve in Ecosystems? | Pollination, Food Webs, Ecology, & Facts | Britannica

Mosquitoes are important pollinators and a major food source for fishes and birds.

[3] Mosquitoes: Deadly Pests or Ecological Wonders?

Nature @ McMaster

Mosquitoes: Deadly Pests or Ecological Wonders? - Nature @ McMaster

It’s a scene you’re likely familiar with: you’ve reached the trailhead, and are ready to embark on a lovely hike in late May or ...

[4] What Purpose do Mosquitoes Serve?

The National Wildlife Federation Blog

What Purpose do Mosquitoes Serve? - The National Wildlife Federation Blog

Believe it or not, mosquitoes are pollinators. In fact, mosquitoes’ primary food source is flower nectar. What purpose do mosquitoes actually serve?

[5] A world without mosquitoes? It's not as great an idea as it may seem

Accelerator

A world without mosquitoes? It's not as great an idea as it may seem

A world without mosquitoes might sound nice, but removing one species from its habitat can have far-ranging and devastating consequences.

[6] Why Do Mosquitoes Exist? Why Do Elephants and Donkeys ...

Smithsonian Magazine

Why Do Mosquitoes Exist? Why Do Elephants and Donkeys Represent the G.O.P. and the Democrats? And More Questions From Our Readers

You’ve got questions. We’ve got experts

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The mosquito - Mosquitopia - NCBI Bookshelf

Mosquitoes are one of the most intensely studied creatures on the planet. Their role in disease transmission and nuisance biting makes them worthy ...

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Surrrreee learn me of their importance. 😂 Pollinate the plants, not my skin by’s. We live in harmony on the trails. Just from the opposite sides of my net.

But they eat me alive and I HATE IT 😭😭

i wear a net farming too. the tick tick of the flying vampires bouncing off my rain gear mid summer is a small reminder that nature wants to destroy me

Whatever gear you’ve got to wear to go outside and get it done, no matter what, is the right gear for the job.

Gm. At least mosquitos are not vectors of significant disease here. I love that part.

No gm to you then, I guess

nah they aren't paralysis ticks, just big fat nasty ugly blood suckers, i do my best to pull their head out as well but they are so big when they get a full feed, and hang on for days before they let go, put it this way, when i first saw this cat, he had one right on his left cheek, among the whiskers i didn't get it off him for 3 days he has a few remnant attached heads of them here and there and quite a bit of scabs around the sites where he get really itchy and keeps scratching at them but that's all there is to it really i think that they don't attach so easily to cats who are healthy and with a warm dry house because the cat simply spends so much time inside and isn't going where they are, and out there, if he's stuck outside, it gets pretty cold and dank out here on the north side and i've seen more than a few semi-wild cats with these horrible sinus infections, their noses and mouths dripping with mucus and obsessively cleaning themselves, making the cold and fungus and bacteria on them even worse, it's a downward spiral, the only real solution is to get them to come inside and keep them warm and feed them this one was very happy to be stuck indoors a full 2 days, which brought up toilet challenges but now the weather is a bit nicer he was happy to go outside and do that stuff but he'll be back within a few hours, probably with yet another tick attached, and i'll lock him in and continue with the toilet training it's a fascinating thing teaching cats how to live with you... it's a two way street, you gotta learn almost as much from them as they learn from you i try to be gentle as possible but when i realise he's peeing on one of the towels i set down exactly for that, i need to go get him quickly so he gets the context of the toilet and peeing, because if he just peed in the toilet how perfect

I love mosquitoes An electrified racket Lets me zap them too @Dan Wedge ‘s GM #Haiku

oh they are truly amazing little critters, and very hard to motivate, that's why people think they are stupid... no, they are just stubborn, this is a virtue... no such thing as a domestic cat, just a cat that has made an agreement and has learned as much about how to live in a house as the human has to for living in a house with a cat, and from personal experience, i'm at least equally retarded as a cat

she brings them in and then lets them keep running around in front of you? lol 🤣 🐈 == 🤪 but so adorable

even bog gaters lol

hm she definitely is overfed if she's not going for them it's a tricky thing... if you just want the pet, ok, fine, but i think aside from when you are getting them fixed from illnesses and such like, when you might want to feed them more, if you want them to be mousers they have to be a bit hunrgy i'm using the excess food for this one right now to get him used to the idea that i might be his main food source and to not spend so much time out getting ticks and possibly getting injured in fights with other cats, and if he's gonna be a ship's cat he needs to be a mouser if we are dwelling in a place where the varmints can get on board anyway, they are such great company, it never feels like it's without some stipulations from their side

also, yeah, i remember one time watching a male sphinx cat devouring a mouse, it was hilarious, he totaly bit its head right off, before scoffing the rest of it those cats were regularly fed but i think their food was pretty crappy so probably craved some legit flesh

As I said before: anapohldeez nuts.

Reminds me of the Florida meme I seen 👀

It’s afraid

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