Whats the point of mozzies

[thereisonlyoneofme]

Spent a very hot and sweaty night, 27 degrees indoors, swathed head to toe in a sheet because after going to bed heard the dreaded whine of a mosquito!
I react quite badly to bites. Got up a few times to inspect the bedroom to see if I could swat the bugger, but it hid every time.
Whats the point of them, what do they do of use, it still got me,covered in lumps.

didnt mean to enable voting, do know how to stop it anyway!

They’re awful for humans, and I feel for you because I’m a mozzie magnet too. From an ecological point of view they are food for other creatures- insects and birds - so there’s that!
I can recommend Alfresco lotion to keep them away - effective, nice on the skin and smells nice, not at all like insect repellent.

No idea why many of these things exist. Wasps can also fuck off. I get that it's part of nature's balance but 🖕

I have a mozzie light-up plug in at the top of the stairs. About £5 in Lidl a few years ago. If it's switched on (I occasionally forget) I get zero bites in the house. Long may it last!

I thought mozzies were the only thing that didn’t have a purpose?

Wasps help with honey and pollination, but mozzies do nothing apart from irritate people.

They are food for bats and birds.