Mention should also be made of a restrained habitat for birds that could have eaten those bugs. The large clearings could have worked in the existing forests’

Mention should also be made of a restrained habitat for birds that could have eaten those bugs. The large clearings could have worked in the existing forests’ advantage, if they would have been left alone (so to speak) and had wild grasses/plants been allowed to grow there. As things stand right now most of the Western European “wild” habitat is manicured to hell and back, it feels like one is visiting a giant orangerie instead of nature itself. Things are a little better in that regard over here in Eastern Europe, but rapid societal development (lots more paved roads, people having money for vacation houses out in the “wilderness”, increased tourism) are putting all that in danger.