What is the purpose of a mosquito?

Mosquitoes seem to serve no purpose other to annoy us. But from the mosquitoes' point of view, their purpose is to make more mosquitoes. From the point of view of birds, fishes, frogs and other animals that eat them, their purpose is to provide a source of food. read more

That's the ecological role (aka "purpose") of mosquitoes. As for any benefit they provide humans, the answer is none. On the contrary, mosquito borne illnesses (namely malaria) are the number one killer of humanity, period. No other disease or war comes remotely close. read more

Mosquitoes populated this planet long before man; the oldest mosquito fossils date back some 200 million years, to the Cretaceous period. More than 3,500 species of mosquitoes have already been described from various parts of the world, of which only a few hundred species bite or bother humans. read more