[mikeappell]

No clue how important they are in the ecosystem, but from the perspective of insects which piss me off, I'm on board 100%.

[cc81]

I read somewhere that they are not important and that is good enough source for me. It could have been written on a post-it for me to support an eradication campaign.

I hate ticks.

[chr1]

There is a joke that ticks and lice were crucial for human evolution, since removing them from each other helped to make monkeys spend time together:)