It’s all about the glyphosate, insecticides, obsessive grass mowing, excessive light/power use etc.... Go on a mountaintop that has actual insect habitat (preferably in a quiet zone like in west va) and low light pollution and you will see and hear a LOT of bugs.
I miss the days of bees, fireflies, etc as a kid. I don’t hear crickets anymore, almost never see bees where I live, barely see lightning bugs in the summer.... Hoping I can move out to the country proper soon to amend this somewhat.
Our real problem is particulate in our atmosphere..... pollution is far worse than extra co2. Extra co2? Ok plant more stuff done boom fixed.... poison that will stick around for hundreds of years? Yeah that’s harder to fix.... but one of these attacks only big corporations and the other one takes wealth from the middle class who drive cars....
Yeah. I'm now living out in the country surrounded by national parks, rivers, and beaches. I have never seen so many nor so varied number of insects.
The cicada's can be deafening.
Yes, in southern Az those damn Cicada's are annoying. Although it's always funny to see the wamen freak out when the land in their hair! Those spikey legs really get caught in hair good!. Funny part is, if they just didn't freak out it wouldn't get stuck so bad.
The effect on other animal life as well is extraordinary. People act like cats are the reason for low bird populations... And of course fish and amphibian populations really depend on insects.
I hate it when people move out to the country and try to sterilize it. I hate suburbia too- if you only want a manicured lawn then live in a townhouse or row house..... We need a second “back to the land” movement. The hippies are right about some of the environmentalism, I must say. Need better city planners too, grass roofs (and walls) on skyscrapers are a good way to help clean the air and reduce local temperature spikes cheaply.
We need more evidence based environmentalism... sick of the religious atmosphere anti carbon emission people put out. Needs to be a cultural change though, not a stupid government mandate.
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