Why Did God Make Mosquitoes?

There are more than 2,500 species of mosquitoes in the world. A species is generally defined as a group in which males and females produce offspring that are capable of reproducing. They are not sterile—like the mule, which is a hybrid cross between a male donkey and a female horse.

The fossil record reveals that the ancient ancestors of the modern mosquito were about three times as large as their present-day offspring. This is an example of how nature has degenerated. It is not evolving from the less primitive to the more sophisticated, contrary to the claims of modern Darwinians.

Some ancient pagans believed that mosquitoes are reincarnated humans who were evil in the way they lived.

Mosquitoes are specially fashioned little flies. “Little flies” is what the name means. The term “fly” is a generic word for insects that have only two wings.

Mosquitoes can beat their tiny wings at a rate of about one thousand times per second! Their wings are so thin that even the blood vessels show. Only God could have designed this amazing and minute system.

But mosquitoes can be dangerous. They can carry germs that cause harmful diseases in humans — sicknesses like malaria and yellow fever. Many people wonder, therefore, just why God would create potentially noxious little insects like these.

Critics of God and his word are ever anxious to lash out and appeal to what they call the “incongruities of nature.” They believe these enigmas are arguments that a benevolent God could not have designed the universe around us. Thus there is no God behind the earth’s environment.

These unbelievers claim there are just too many examples of design problems that do not meet their standard of how things ought to be. They have endowed themselves with omniscience and thus are confident they know how it “should have been done.”

Let us take the mosquito, for example. There are several important points that need to be taken into consideration.

Disease the Result of Sin

First, our original parents, Adam and Eve, were not bothered by disease until they disobeyed God. Because of that disobedience, the human family became weak and vulnerable to diseases and even death (Rom. 5:12; 6:23).

In the beginning, the Lord did not intend for any of us who have been made in his image to be hurt by his animal creatures, but this is the price we pay for not following the Creator’s instructions. Every mosquito bite ought to be a reminder to obey God.

Mosquitoes, A Valuable Food Source

Mosquitoes actually are a valuable source of food for many creatures that benefit mankind. For example, frogs, lizards, and some fish eat mosquitoes. Insects are an important link in the animal food chain. Ultimately, they are for our benefit as well. There is a balance in nature that we sometimes do not recognize or appreciate.

Mankind Doesn’t Know Everything

There are numerous mysteries in nature we do not understand. There are more things we do not understand than those we do.

We must humbly recognize and acknowledge our limited knowledge and not speak irreverently of God in our frustration. That is the epitome of arrogance.

This was precisely the problem of Job as he questioned the wisdom of God in governing the universe. The Lord humbled the patriarch and brought him to his knees by a barrage of interrogation that yet baffles the keenest of minds (see Job 38-39).

We may occasionally wonder why our heavenly Father made certain things. We should be confident there was a good reason for so doing, whether we understand the intricacies of such or not.

We praise Him for the things we comprehend and for those we do not. Such is true reverence!