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It feels like this is also where natural selection and evolution kick in. Surely insects will evolve resistance to insecticides given their ubiquity, rapid life
by fnordpiglet 4y ago
It feels like this is also where natural selection and evolution kick in. Surely insects will evolve resistance to insecticides given their ubiquity, rapid life cycle, and prodigious ability to reproduce?
- londons_explore 4y agoThere are always some chemicals that evolving resistance to is tricky. Humans are particularly poor at lava resistance... Despite groups of humans having had access to lava for millions of years.
- kuhewa 4y agoIts a red queen situation though because the agricultural industry is constantly coming up with ways to get around resistance when it does appear
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI think in this tit for tat insects have the long term advantage. The insecticides have to be relatively harmless to mammals, otherwise other methods of production for food become economically viable. I wager on the roaches.