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I don't know anything about entomology or ecology, etc. But I noticed a stark decline in dead insects on the windshield of the car after a road trip in Europe
by credit_guy 6y ago
I don't know anything about entomology or ecology, etc.
But I noticed a stark decline in dead insects on the windshield of the car after a road trip in Europe over the last 20 years. Not so in the US. Meaning: 20 years ago I saw lots of dead insects on the windshield in Europe, very few in the US. Now it's very few in both places.
So, I can corroborate: noticeable insect decline in Europe, no noticeable decline in the US, but unfortunately from a low level to begin with.
Not sure if we are supposed to cheer this result.
- jrumbut 6y agoFunny you mention this. Having driven in the US, Mexico, and Italy (in recent years) I had never experienced a thing I had seen in movies, a windshield full of bugs. This was until I went to a remoter part of northern Quebec and found that without intervention the windshield would become opaque and driving with the window open created a horrifying mess near the rear window.