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I don't doubt numbers are declining. Yet, where I live in the suburbs outside a city in the US northeast, I see bees, butterflies, and fireflies all the time wh
by aceazzameen 4y ago
I don't doubt numbers are declining. Yet, where I live in the suburbs outside a city in the US northeast, I see bees, butterflies, and fireflies all the time when it's warm out. There was a time period when I didn't. But I may not have been as observant then.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoAnecdotally, I noticed a pronounced drop in bugs in general after a nasty heat wave we had back in like 2018. Took several years, but they seem to have bounced back a bit now. Seems to be some degree of fluctuation in populations after these big climate events.