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The intriguing aspect is: This phenomenon is indeed observable everywhere (windshields) yet there is no obvious reason. Pesticide use should have gone down acro
by choeger 7y ago
The intriguing aspect is: This phenomenon is indeed observable everywhere (windshields) yet there is no obvious reason. Pesticide use should have gone down across all of Germany in the last 30 years. So should have general pollution. Warmer weather should actually help insects. Large natural reserves have been created (e.g., former military training grounds, depopulated areas in rural Germany).
So either this is caused by an as of now unknown agent, or we see some form of delayed effect.
- jakobdabo 7y ago> unknown agent The only thing that comes to my mind besides the climate change is the increased EMF/RF radiation levels.
- choeger 7y agoYeah, that would fit the timeframe very well.
- terminalhealth 7y agoWouldn't it be easy to find location correlates if this was the case? Strong EMF/RF radiation is rather spatially confined. If it was affecting insects, we should expect negative results in sparsely populated areas.
- Stanish 7y agoInsect lifecycles are highly dependent on what are referred to as "growing degree days". Climate change hasn't just made things hotter, it has made seasonal phases more volatile, meaning it's more possible for things like early emergence of insects to happen more often. As an example, imagine a very hot March, an insect emerges a few weeks early, then is killed off by an April freeze, which it would formerly have avoided. And, maybe it misses the chance to feed on the nectar of a special flower to which it is adapted for similar reasons. It may be warmer, but it isn't just "better for insects". The true picture is much more complicated.