Where have all the insects gone?(science.org) |
Where have all the insects gone?(science.org) |
Each year in my locale - Central North Queensland, we've observed less and less insects around the lights at night, less waves of seasonal beetles ... apart from flying ants, it's been about 2 years or more since I've experienced a period where the nights brought a gathering, albeit small in number of little moths.
If only mosquitoes and horse flies in my parts would go the same way ... but that's probably all the little birds and bats are living on.
[1] https://www.organicgardener.com.au/where-have-all-the-insect... [First published 2020, modified 2024]
[2] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/where-ha... [First published 2020, modified 2025]
Just because a sample does not find insects does not mean that you can't keep sampling. Plenty of insects if you stop mowing the law for a while. The real problem is that people has become blind about it. Decline of entomologists lead to a perception that there aren't insects anymore. Pale children collecting pokemon in a dark room is "good", children out collecting insects is "bad". This is (gasp) animal cruelty!, the new religion. We punished curiosity, so nobody cares. Nobody young seems interested on entomology anymore.