Have Ants and Flies got any purpose?

[moosic]

It's a silly question because i know that Jehovah wouldn't have created them without a purpose but i can't see the point in them!

If anyone could help answer this, i would be very grateful!

[Brother_Bliss]

Ants play differing roles throughout the world, from pollination, to keeping other insect populations under control.

Flies likewise play a role in pollination, while others are predators. The maggots of some flies play a significant role in the breakdown of dead animal tissue. Some maggots are even used in medical treatments to clean infected wounds of dead and decaying tissue.

The larvae of the mosquito helps to keep algae and bacteria in check in water.

Then you must consider that all three, in both their larvae and adult stage, provide food for birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and other animals. Even man is known to eat some, such as Honeypot ants.

[moosic]

Wow! Never thought of any of that! Thanks! >

[carribbeangrl01]

I would say besides pollinating, and being on low end of food chain they both are good cleaner uppers if you leave a crumb, the ants come take it away. Flies help stuff along in decay process also partial cleanup too.

My big question would be do mosquitoes have a purpose?

[pnutts]

Ants-you want ants come to our apt bdg. It is over run by tiny almost clear cement ants - and they are everywhere.

We bought some light corn syrup yesterday and the container we transfered it to for some reason made it foam over

in our pantry ( out of sight ). Ants were all over it just 3 hours after being put in there-and that had been one place we hadn't seen any

in the 2 years we had the panty unit there.

Thinking of the theme from the pink panther "dead ants----dead ants----dead ants----dead ants....."

[Rajan]

It's a silly question because i know that Jehovah wouldn't have created them without a purpose but i can't see the point in them!

If anyone could help answer this, i would be very grateful!

Is Mosquito included? We are to abstain blood and here this one is created to suck blood.... what about it?

[trottigy]

All animals that eat other animals eat blood.

Jehovah gave the prohibition to humans not the animals.

[Catalyst]

Without them we couldn't say:

You have ants in your pants

or

there are no flies on me.

[ava]

I just stepped in a fire ant mound in my back yard cause I was trying to get my dog and I didn't see it. My foot was covered with ants in seconds, I could not see my skin. I had to take the hose to my foot cause the ants stick to your skin. I now have a ton of little bumps on my foot and they are itching like crazy.

So, I want to know, what purpose do fire ants have? LOL!!!!!!!

[carribbeangrl01]

Hi Ava,

Don't know thei purpose, but vinegar preferably apple cider vinegar will help the itching stop.

[boodles]

Funny, I don't mind ants and spiders(like daddy long legs) in the house, but I detest cockroaches and flies!