They’re not cute like cats, so I guess no.
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UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Serious question: Has any culture tried breeding these guys to keep mosquitoes at bay? Something like how people kept cats around to reduce the population of mice?
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Interesting question! I’d guess, however you do it, you could only achieve a temporary uptick in the population. Like any other predator/prey relationship, the ecosystem can only support X predators. After all, the ancient Egyptians could only have so many cats around until they ran out of mice.
Be a pain to breed. They stay underwater as nymphs for 2 years, and that’s 2 years where you gotta keep them from being someone else’s lunch.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 3 months ago
And two years underwater only to have them for one month airborne.
meowMix2525@lemm.ee 3 months ago
They also feed on mosquito larvae and hold their own pretty well in the water though.