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That really is accurate to all animal (humans notwithstanding) populations. Personal anecdote: I live in the Great Lakes region. Every spring Fish Flys [1] w
by UI_at_80x24 8y ago
That really is accurate to all animal (humans notwithstanding) populations.
Personal anecdote:
I live in the Great Lakes region. Every spring Fish Flys [1] would swarm over every exterior surface and especially congregate near light sources.
Some years were worse then others, and one particularly bad year I had to take a snow-shovel to clear the gas-station I worked at because the cars (and us workers) were slipping on the carpet that their bodies made. The piled-mass of bodies was as big as a snow-bank.
And other years would pass and I would hardly notice that the 'season' had come & gone.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfly
- stallmanite 8y agoI don’t know if there’s a reason that they’re bucking the trend but I live in the Great Lakes region as well and the population of eagles is doing crazy good. I’d never seen one before the year 2000 or so and now see then probably weekly. I realize eagles are not insects but just an observation on a wild animal population that seems to be doing well.