<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;2010&#x2F;100721&#x2F;full&#x2F;466432a.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;2010&#x2F;100721&#x2F;full&#x2F;466432a.html</a><p><i>Yet in many cases, scientists acknowledge that the ecological scar left by a missing mosquito would heal quickly as the niche was filled by other organisms. Life would continue as before — or even better. When it comes to the major disease vectors, &quot;it&#x27;s difficult to see what the downside would be to removal, except for collateral damage&quot;, says insect ecologist Steven Juliano, of Illinois State University in Normal.</i>