It is very safe ... ecologically (species other than mosquitoes aren't affected at all)
In this case it seems to be for a species of mosquitos only having arrived in 2013. Could even call that an invasive and exotic, so no, it won't be misssed.
However in other situations this might be a bit of a stretch: mosquito larvae are part of the aquatic food chain. After that stage they become food for e.g. birds, spiders, bats. So it's really not as simple as 'other species arent't affected', instead it would have to be considered on a per-case basis whether that truly is the case. I can imagine certain localized climates where mosquitos and their larvae make up a critical percentage of the food chain in a way that, should they all disappear, other species start to suffer as well.
That being said: mosquitos are considered the most dangerous insects, so even if destroying them weren't 100% safe in one way or another, that would probably not at all outweight the benefit (for humans) to not get rid of them.
edit was too fast again, see toplevel comment by WaxProlix for example, which also addresses this issue and was already there for hours :]
In this case it seems to be for a species of mosquitos only having arrived in 2013. Could even call that an invasive and exotic, so no, it won't be misssed.
However in other situations this might be a bit of a stretch: mosquito larvae are part of the aquatic food chain. After that stage they become food for e.g. birds, spiders, bats. So it's really not as simple as 'other species arent't affected', instead it would have to be considered on a per-case basis whether that truly is the case. I can imagine certain localized climates where mosquitos and their larvae make up a critical percentage of the food chain in a way that, should they all disappear, other species start to suffer as well.
That being said: mosquitos are considered the most dangerous insects, so even if destroying them weren't 100% safe in one way or another, that would probably not at all outweight the benefit (for humans) to not get rid of them.
edit was too fast again, see toplevel comment by WaxProlix for example, which also addresses this issue and was already there for hours :]