They used to be everywhere. I barely see them anymore. :sadness-abysmal:
Insect biomass is decreasing by around 1-2.5% a year, there are a lot of species that primarily feed on insects such as bats that have seen huge declines as well.
5 years ago I added copper sheath to all the sides of my raised garden bed to stop the hordes of slugs and snails that ate all my plants, especially my asparagus. I haven't seen a snail in 3 years, not a one. Used to leave slimy trails all over my modest deck in the spring. They are all gone.
Ladybugs used to be everywhere in my area. Now it's a big deal and a good portent to see one. :doomer:
Those bugs are good luck in my country, you gotta ask them three wishes.
Once in winter I found a swarm of them hiding in an old rusting combine and it was too many wishes for my liking.
did they swarm you and you accidentally wished for no more lady bugs? are you the reason!?
I used to ask them, among other things, for ridiculous amounts of money, and lo and behold, 20 years of inflation later made that possible!
So idk, be careful
One time when I was a kid our house got covered with ladybugs on one side. They got everywhere inside too and we were finding dead ones months later.
I'd swear there used to be way more birds. And bigger flocks of the big ones like ducks and geese. Can't remember the last time I saw a giant v in the sky more than 5 birds
I remember that. Big flocks of geese going overhead, 20 or so at a time, making just an incredible racket. All through September and October, and you knew as soon as you heard it that it was going to turn cold soon.
I want to go back, if only just for a day :yea:
Do you have any kind of yard? Not super difficult to attract butterflies with the right flowers. IDK the process for frogs but any kind of standing water tends to attract amphibians.
That's why you have to introduce coyotes as well. Keep the cat population under control. Just keep adding larger and larger predators until there are mountain lions roaming everywhere and you have achieved a fine ecological balance.
standing water tends to attract amphibians.
Also mosquitoes
Florida has what we call “lovebug” season every year where this little harmless bugs will be everywhere, often flying around stuck ass to ass in mating pairs
When I was a kid, hell even in high school, when you’d drive at that time of year you’d hit so many bugs it was unreal. But in the last 5 years or so it’s really declined. They’re still around but if I drove to Orlando I’d hit like 3-4 noticeably, not enough to make seeing through the windshield difficult
I miss fireflies, I miss frosts.
It's 25 °C in May for fuck sakes (south hemisphere)
I'd invite you to my garden were there are flutterbys and frogs but its a few weeks too late in the season... and owls can't get in through the netting.
