‘This year has been dead’: where have Britain’s insects gone?
‘This year has been dead’: where have Britain’s insects gone?
www.theguardian.com ‘This year has been dead’: where have Britain’s insects gone?
Surveys suggest that wet weather and habitat deterioration are among the causes of devastating population declines, but there are ways to help
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Pretty sure it's the cascading effects of global warming
I've seen less insects here in Canada as well, usually I would say hell yeah to less mosquitos and flies but even the dramatic drop of them has me concerned that we'll be seeing natual ecosystems collapse which makes me sad and anxious to be honest
Climate change is one contributing factor but air pollution and pesticide use has more of an impact. Bees get screwed for similar reasons with neonics