For many years, scientists have been debating whether to totally eradicate mosquitoes from the planet.The main reason for eliminating all mosquitoes is that they carry pathogens that cause diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, and Zika virus disease.Listed below are characteristics of mosquitoes.Which could be argued as a reason for not totally eradicating these insects?
A) Mosquitoes consume as much as 300 mL of blood per day from a single large animal in some areas of the world.
B) Mosquitoes pass through a larval stage and a pupal stage, both of which are aquatic.
C) Both male and female adult mosquitoes feed on plant nectar, but only females also feed on blood.
D) Mosquitoes are the primary pollinators of some tropical crops such as cacao.
E) Mosquitoes inhabit regions that are warm, temperate, or cold, including the Arctic.
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