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Without the full article it's tough to say, but my refute would be about my local environment. There has absolutely been a MASSIVE decline in NATIVE insects (a
by tw04 5y ago
Without the full article it's tough to say, but my refute would be about my local environment. There has absolutely been a MASSIVE decline in NATIVE insects (among other things). Instead we have more asian beetles, emerald ash borers, and japanese beetles than you can shake a stick at. So while yes, technically the numbers may remain neutral, I'm not sure we can call it a healthy distribution.
- marcosdumay 5y ago> my refute would be about my local environment Is it an urban environment? Most people's environments isn't a reasonable reference.
- tw04 5y agoThat would be spread across a residence outside of the city, one inside city limits, and a cabin in the middle of nowhere. The only insect I'm aware of that seems to still be in full force that is native are mosquitos. Dragonflies, lightning bugs, lady bugs, moths, butterflies, etc. are sadly all rare sightings.
- rootusrootus 5y agoNo disrespect, but I'd feel more comfortable if the rebuttal was based on science and not an individual anecdote from some unknown individual on HN :)
- tw04 5y agoNo disrespect taken. There are countless studies backing up the finding of insect decline. I was simply throwing out a hypothesis of how someone could claim otherwise - they simply aren't measuring the appropriate way and/or they aren't accurately representing their results. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/studies-confirm-alarmiang-insect-decline https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/studies-c... https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/studies-confirm-alarmiang-insect-decline https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/studies-c...