• kratoz29@lemmy.zip
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    22 days ago

    Grasses are angiosperms and rely on bugs to reproduce

    Even mosquitoes? Please tell me we can live without them.

    • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      Some male mosquitoes pollinate flowering plants, but most grasses don’t make flowers so grasses atleast probably don’t rely on mosquitoes. But who knows, I’m not a grass-ologist.

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        13 days ago

        Grass does make flowers; they’re just typically really small (unless it’s something we’ve bred to be big, like corn or wheat).

        For example, bermudagrass in flower:

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      22 days ago

      You dislike mosquitos all you want. Some species rely on them. There’s always something. They exist for a reason.

      Alternatively you can just install screen doors, wear long sleeves, and use mosquito repellent.

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        21 days ago

        They exist because they reproduce faster than they die. The fact that they are necessary for some other species is irrelavant to their existance. Such a claim only really makes sense for plants and animals that people farm.