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Please help the itching is unbearable (lemmy.world)
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[–] Widowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I take it the answer is that we still (unfortunately) need them?

[–] UhBell@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Last I checked, the only niche they fill in nature is being food for predators like dragonflies and bats.

[–] NoSleep@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

okay, but what happens if those die out? Will there be more?

[–] ForgetReddit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They have varied enough diets to be mostly fine without them.

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