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If they didn't have any predators, I think we'd have a pretty serious mosquito problem on our hands. The typical answers come to mind--birds and bats--but I'm sure there are many others. I looked up a few journal articles that may interest you.

Title: Laboratory and field assessment of the potential of larvivorous, air-breathing fishes as predators of culicine mosquitoes

Author(s): Bhattacharjee, Indranil; Aditya, Gautam; Chandra, Goutam

Source: Biological Control Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pages: 126-133 Published: MAY 2009

Title: Biological control of mosquito populations through frogs: Opportunities & constrains

Author(s): Raghavendra, K.; Sharma, P.; Dash, A. P.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Research Volume: 128 Issue: 1 Pages: 22-25 Published: JUL 2008

Title: Study on the predatory potential of notonectid bug, (Anisops sardae),against mosquito larvae in North Delhi

Author(s): Dhiman, R. C.; Singh, R. K.; Mittal, P. K.

Source: Journal of Communicable Diseases Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Pages: 214-216 Published: SEP 2004

Title: Diving beetles (Dytiscidae) as predators of mosquito larvae (Culicidae) in field experiments and in laboratory tests of prey preference.

Author(s): Lundkvist, E.; Landin, J.; Jackson, M., et al.

Source: Bulletin of Entomological Research Volume: 93 Issue: 3 Pages: 219-226 Published: June 2003

Title: THE EFFECT OF DITCHING FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL ON SALT MARSH USE BY BIRDS IN ROWLEY Massachusetts USA

Author(s): CLARKE J; HARRINGTON B A; HRUBY T, et al.

Source: Journal of Field Ornithology Volume: 55 Issue: 2 Pages: 160-180 Published: 1984

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