It's a Gish-gallop of codswallop.
It's laughable, and I scorn the author with all my heart. He's a stooge.
Since it's rude to say things like that without examples - and I resent you for making me spend more time on that article - he says things like:
> While Sánchez-Bayo was claiming that “almost half of the [world’s insect] species are rapidly declining,” the data documented declines for about 2,900 species, a tiny fraction (less than one-10th of one percent) of the insect species on Earth.
Jeeze, he only documented a decline in _2,900_ of the insect species on Earth. How could he not document all 3 billion +, what a lazy guy [/s].
Seriously?!
In the next paragraphs, you can see how differently he treats research that supports his view, praising it's author's for "welcoming criticism", even though their paper was criticised for the very same issues and more.
At times he criticizes researchers for not using more data, at times he admits that more data is needed, and then he says that there's "no evidence" of decline based on one study that he admits was widely criticised - for the same issues, and more, as he berated Sánchez-Bayo for.
I had a quick look at this guy's Twitter and he's abusing Greenpeace and organic farming, while defending the use of pesticides and in particular glyphosate.
SO I LOOKED INTO THAT, AND GUESS WHAT:
"Jon Entine is the founder and executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project, a key partner in Monsanto's public relations efforts to ..."
The guy is a fucking stooge. A straight up Monsanto stooge: https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/blog/2019/september/jon-entin...