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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Mon May 27, 2013, 04:58 PM May 2013

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If all insects on Earth disappeared.............

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If all insects on Earth disappeared............. (Original Post) dipsydoodle May 2013 OP

50 years of no mosquitoes? ZombieHorde May 2013 #1

Don't forget dipsydoodle May 2013 #2

Yeah, I know. ZombieHorde May 2013 #3

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

1. 50 years of no mosquitoes?

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 05:00 PM

May 2013

Totally worth it.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

2. Don't forget

Reply to ZombieHorde (Reply #1)

Mon May 27, 2013, 05:05 PM

May 2013

that many plants are pollinated by insects such as bees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated_by_bees

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

3. Yeah, I know.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Mon May 27, 2013, 05:21 PM

May 2013

All life on Earth doomed after 50 years, but think of it, no mosquitoes for those final 50 years!

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