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>>15555376
untrue, while their pollination and prey niche as an adult dont do much (they still contribute a large % where a lot of mosquitos swarm), the larva/pupa are often very important. copepods that eat mosquito larvae can't switch to exclusively chironomids or other fly larvae. They make up a pretty important part of aquatic ecosystems and act as a natural control (for native mosquito species).

That being said, invasive species from africa should be wiped off the americas. And copepods are not free of sin either, they live in brackish water that if people drink, can transmit some really nasty parasites. TIME would rather have them dead too, it seems.
https://time.com/3680439/guinea-worm-almost-extinct/
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