I think about this all the time. First wrote about it back in 2015. Last summer at our place in Iowa the lack of insects was astonishing - even worse than the summer before. There were two exceptions: Asian beetles and boxelder bugs, which descended in droves. I saw fewer than a dozen bees a day on the flowers by the back patio. Not a single garden spider. 🕷️ It’s… no words.😶
Thank you, Kira, excellent article, everyone MUST read it! And you have a great quote near the end:
"The issue is not that we act as though insects are pests to be gotten rid of. The issue is that we are heedless in every way. Our lumbering, careless, devouring predation and annihilation of ecosystem after ecosystem does not strike us – or at least not many of us – as the amoral violence that it is."
I think about this all the time. First wrote about it back in 2015. Last summer at our place in Iowa the lack of insects was astonishing - even worse than the summer before. There were two exceptions: Asian beetles and boxelder bugs, which descended in droves. I saw fewer than a dozen bees a day on the flowers by the back patio. Not a single garden spider. 🕷️ It’s… no words.😶
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/7/6/1399682/-Let-s-talk-about-insects
Thank you, Kira, excellent article, everyone MUST read it! And you have a great quote near the end:
"The issue is not that we act as though insects are pests to be gotten rid of. The issue is that we are heedless in every way. Our lumbering, careless, devouring predation and annihilation of ecosystem after ecosystem does not strike us – or at least not many of us – as the amoral violence that it is."
Oh wow - thanks so much for reading it! And for the recommendation! 😊