Generally the answer to the 'too many bugs' question is always 'not enough birds'. Industrial farming has destroyed most of their habitation, and bird species a

Generally the answer to the 'too many bugs' question is always 'not enough birds'. Industrial farming has destroyed most of their habitation, and bird species are in decline almost everywhere [0]. I recently read that insect populations had a brief but rapid population explosion in the post war era due to the decline in bird populations from agricultural habit destruction, until pesticides came about in a big way. So we destroyed the birds habitats, then used pesticides to kill off their main food source (to the point that insect populations have nearly collapsed) [1]. We really went and stuck the knife in as a species. With insect populations looking to bounce back again with the longer summers and warmer temperatures that the climate crisis is causing, I certainly hope bird populations make a come back with it or we're, excuse the pun, buggered. [0] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/09/embark-data-sheet-farm-bird-population-decline-europe-infographic/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/09/embark-d... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeti...