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Generally removing a species completely has downstream effects, but as far as I'm aware mosquitos aren't occupying any unique role as either food, pollinator, or keeping other insects at bay.

And mosquitos indirectly lead to many deaths, around a million people each year. Mosquitos kill more people each day than sharks have killed in the last century.




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