Tag: they are important

bogleech:

bloodycuts:

swarnpert:

songsaboutswords:

theres a bunch of different insects and all of them are valid

mosquito

wasp

I know this is supposed to be a funny shitpost and so are the tons of wasp, mosquito and cockroach comments on it, but….ALL of those are important to the ecosystem.

Despite sensationalist news stories claiming it was “scientifically determined” to not be the case (utter bullshit), mosquitoes are valuable both as a part of the nutrient cycle and as pollinators.

Cockroaches are sanitary scavengers that serve essential cycling roles in almost every terrestrial ecosystem from deserts to rainforests.

Wasps meanwhile are THE most essential regulators of other insect populations. They’re so effective at it that plants, especially most trees, use chemical signals specifically to communicate with wasps when they need themselves rid of caterpillars, aphids or other herbivores.

Some smart aleck might say “then we get rid of those and the wasps together, problem solved” but even plant-eating insects are necessary. Plants need regulating too. They need “pruning” even in the wild, and there are even many plants who will depend on pollination from the same moth or fly whose larvae devour its leaves. Every single thing is a balance.

It’s completely silly anyway to treat certain animals as bad, evil or unnecessary just because they’re harmful to humans. We’re harmful to pretty much everything. We can’t just dismiss every part of nature that isn’t coddling us.