Yeah. I remember people talking about how in the 1950s you’d go for a drive in the country during the summer and your car’s windshield would be completely covered in bugs. It was like a rainstorm there were so many. Now you can drive through those same areas and not even get a single bug hitting your windshield.
Same in the Canadian prairies where I grew up. Even into the 70’s driving around my grandpa’s farm was like that. Ladybugs and flies and grasshoppers were all over the place.
It’s no wonder we’re losing birds by the billions 'cause there’s nothing for them to eat.
Yeah. I remember people talking about how in the 1950s you’d go for a drive in the country during the summer and your car’s windshield would be completely covered in bugs. It was like a rainstorm there were so many. Now you can drive through those same areas and not even get a single bug hitting your windshield.
Yupp. In Germany alone within 26 years a decline of about 75 % has been observed. (Lazy Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations ).
This is really scary.
Same in the Canadian prairies where I grew up. Even into the 70’s driving around my grandpa’s farm was like that. Ladybugs and flies and grasshoppers were all over the place.
It’s no wonder we’re losing birds by the billions 'cause there’s nothing for them to eat.