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Remember the plaster of bugs on your vehicle 20-30+ years ago?
Posted on 3/8/26 at 3:59 am
Posted on 3/8/26 at 3:59 am
Maybe it's just my neck(s) of the woods(Cali-Texas), but I'm noticing way less over the years.
Insect biomass is definitely down in my anecdotal opinion.
Insect biomass is definitely down in my anecdotal opinion.
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 12:17 pm
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Posted on 3/8/26 at 4:12 am to FAT SEXY
Lightning bugs, bees, and butterflies seem about 10% to 20% of what they were in the 1960's out in the country. Seems they have all but vanished when I am in the city. Part of the problem is replacing native pollinators with mass produced from somewhere else. Also infestation of bugs from Asia that have gotten here in Amazon packages and such with no known native predator or insecticide to kill them.
If we get some of those Funnelweb's from Australia I say we nuke the whole country just to be safe.
If we get some of those Funnelweb's from Australia I say we nuke the whole country just to be safe.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 4:25 am to Cheese Grits
I as always see less in Winter for some reason
Posted on 3/8/26 at 5:06 am to Cheese Grits
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problem is replacing native pollinators with mass produced from somewhere else.
European honey bees must have some of the best lobbyists ever. Everything you see on social media is how we must do more to protect them. When in reality they are damaging our native ecosystem.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:02 am to Turnblad85
Idk..front of my truck is covered up. Lot of bug splatter the past week or so since the weather has really warmed
Posted on 3/8/26 at 6:16 am to Cheese Grits
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Lightning bugs
There is a stretch of highway in Illinois where they allowed tall grass and marshes to grow which has lead to a wonderful stretch of highway to travel at night with all of the lightning bug activity. About the only thing that I can Illinois has done well.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:04 am to Cheese Grits
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Lightning bugs, bees, and butterflies seem about 10% to 20% of what they were in the 1960's out in the country. Seems they have all but vanished
Mosquito abatement kills the larvae of a lot of insects especially fireflies.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:14 am to FAT SEXY
It's not just you, but is a well known problem to biologists. Studies in numerous countries have proved total insect biomass is down at least 75% just from 20-30 years ago.
The main culprit seems to be the neonicotinoid pesticides farmers use which "nuke" all insects without discrimination. This type of pesticide stays in the soil much longer than older types. Most corn and soy in the U.S. is treated with "neonics" as they call them.
Other culprits are habitat loss (there's more development now which means more forests have been cleared).
Light pollution - all the bright LED's frick with the insects, they hate them.
The main culprit seems to be the neonicotinoid pesticides farmers use which "nuke" all insects without discrimination. This type of pesticide stays in the soil much longer than older types. Most corn and soy in the U.S. is treated with "neonics" as they call them.
Other culprits are habitat loss (there's more development now which means more forests have been cleared).
Light pollution - all the bright LED's frick with the insects, they hate them.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:16 am to Turnblad85
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European honey bees must have some of the best lobbyists ever. Everything you see on social media is how we must do more to protect them. When in reality they are damaging our native ecosystem.
"Save the bees" is a giant crock of shite the way the majority of people view it. The non-native European Honeybee is one of the greatest detriments to our native bee (and other native pollinator) populations. The fact that they are a proxy for every native pollinator we have when it comes to testing and certifying pesticides is probably the most impactful part of species decline.
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 7:24 am
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:24 am to bad93ex
Small numbers of lightning bugs began appearing here a few years ago in the Spring. They’ll last a few weeks until the mosquito trucks start up. Hammond area. Magical and fascinating to watch.
Remember when we’d catch a bunch as kids and put them in a jar? Poke holes in the lid so they could breathe? One of my fond childhood memories now gone for our young kids today.
Remember when we’d catch a bunch as kids and put them in a jar? Poke holes in the lid so they could breathe? One of my fond childhood memories now gone for our young kids today.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:35 am to Mr Breeze
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Remember when we’d catch a bunch as kids and put them in a jar? Poke holes in the lid so they could breathe? One of my fond childhood memories now gone for our young kids today.
You should make a video game of the experience.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:37 am to FAT SEXY
I blame Bug-A-Salt.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:40 am to RAB
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You should make a video game of the experience.
Get off my lawn: gif
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:53 am to FAT SEXY
Why don't the German Cockroaches suffer the same fate?!
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:57 am to AUstar
Apparently it’s been awhile since yall have driven from Woodville to Rayville on a summer night. The vehicle will be covered in bugs
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:57 am to ruzil
Lift the lid off a manhole and that’s the stuff nightmares are made of. No shortage of roaches inside!
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:22 am to FAT SEXY
There’s less lovebugs for sure. Used to see them twice a year.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:23 am to FAT SEXY
Driving between Hammond and Baton Rouge years ago meant a coating of either love bugs or june bugs depending on time of year.
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:37 am to AUstar
Bingo
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:38 am to Allthatfades
Love bugs are close to being extinct
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