Insect Population Decline

This cluster focuses on the widespread decline in insect populations observed globally, with discussions citing evidence like fewer bugs on windshields, scientific studies, pesticide use, and cascading ecological effects on birds and biodiversity.

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lm28469 Oct 24, 2022 View on HN

That or the fact that insect population has been proven to decline over and over pretty much everywhere in the world including natural reserveshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations

I can't help but wonder if this isn't related to the decimated insect populations and subsequent cascade effects

giardini Jul 9, 2021 View on HN

Maybe a result of "insect catastrophic" dieoff:https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

lrem Apr 5, 2023 View on HN

Can insect die off be contributing?

Xeoncross Mar 18, 2023 View on HN

The way many cities, farms, processing plants, resorts, houses, etc... spray regularly, I think some people are targeting 100% decline in flying insect biomass. I hope they don't get their wish.

acdha Jan 28, 2024 View on HN

Don’t worry, we’ve been working on that:https://www.science.org/content/article/where-have-all-insec...

unimpressive Feb 26, 2019 View on HN

I'm worried about the tails. Recent revelations like the bug biomass loss should sober anybody up.https://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2017/10/insect-biom...

ArtDev Mar 24, 2019 View on HN

The insect decline is shocking and will have drastic impacts we can only predict

nielsbot Mar 16, 2018 View on HN

Yes. You're not the only one... https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insec...

11235813213455 Jul 26, 2024 View on HN

In a normal world with enough biodiversity, it's balanced, some species can die, newer comes. In a human society whole ranges of species are killed because human have such an impact, insect mass is 10x less than 30 years ago, the problems is certainly not too much insects, it's the opposite, their lack of habitat too because we put concrete, roads everywhere, so instead of trying to fight directly and incorrectly these diseases, it's much better to fight the source issue, reducing