> But if mosquitoes had some heretofore undiscovered critical purpose for the environment
But what if mosquitoes are actually bad for the environment? By not removing them we can be screwing things up!
But what if mosquitoes are actually bad for the environment? By not removing them we can be screwing things up!
And it sure isn't unknowable - find what is interacting with that mosquito (something may be eating its larvae or reproducing symbiotically or parasitically etc). That dependent creature will be catastrophically affected, likely become extinct as well.