What are borers good for?


What are borers good for? This is a serious question. Mother nature usually has reasons for things - checks and balances and all that. But in the larger picture, what do borers and cucumber beetles contribute? It has to be something or they wouldn’t exist, right? Do they keep cucurbits from taking over the world?

Please, I am NOT looking for emotional responses to the damage these critters do. I know most of you despise them. Okay. Save your venting for some other thread. This is just an honest-to-gosh question about biology. And for that matter, what are mosquitos good for??

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