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Complete nonsense. Mosquitoes, flies, bees and wasps are not pests on crops. Quite the opposite in fact, as they are all crucial for the pollination process.
it's the kind of thinking that led to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign
Mosquitoes and wasps in particular are a pest to livestock.
Grasshoppers are a pest to grain.