Re:Where have all the insects gone?
by strict9 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:59PM
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This is a common anecdote, and a situation I remember as that's when I started driving.
Also one used in scientific study with seemingly dire results:
>The survey of insects hitting car windscreens in rural Denmark used data collected every summer from 1997 to 2017 and found an 80% decline in abundance. It also found a parallel decline in the number of swallows and martins, birds that live on insects.
Also one used in scientific study with seemingly dire results:
>The survey of insects hitting car windscreens in rural Denmark used data collected every summer from 1997 to 2017 and found an 80% decline in abundance. It also found a parallel decline in the number of swallows and martins, birds that live on insects.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/car-spla...