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Re:The Silence of the Bugs by ams6110 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:32PM (#17168005)
For the past several decades there has also been a concerted effort to eliminate standing water almost anywhere practicable, in order to reduce mosquito breeding.
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Re:The Silence of the Bugs by sgt101 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @02:18PM (#17168248)
Good point. In Africa and southern Europe this makes sense, but in Germany and the UK and Northern France... not so much.

But clearly this is an effective way of reducing insect life.

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