Disclaimer: No hexapods were injured in the writing of this blog.
Whew! I was worried for a while. When I heard that insects were undergoing an extinction, I thought, “Woe is me. What am I going to do in the summertime or in subtropical climes for exercise? Swatting bugs keeps the muscles active especially on a hot humid night.” Well, now I—and maybe you—don’t have to worry about our six-legged friends. At least that’s what I understand from an article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.*
Yes, I know insects are important. Bees and pollinating, for example. But creepy crawlies of all kinds just don’t interest me. I think I’ve been at war with all sorts of ant species for most of my adult life, probably because of those childhood “experiments” my cousin and I used to conduct on the sidewalk. I know it’s revenge they seek.
So, now I’m worried. I recently read about the insect apocalypse, but apparently, that’s not in the picture for North American humans. Are there lucky people where the insect Armageddon is occurring in other parts of the world? Well, maybe not so lucky. Have you seen those swarms of locusts?
Insects. Can’t live with them. Can’t tramp on enough of them.
*Michael S. Crossley et al, No net insect abundance and diversity declines across US Long Term Ecological Research sites, Nature Ecology & Evolution. (2020) DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1269-4 Online at https://phys.org/news/2020-08-insect-apocalypse.html in a report by Joshua Paine.
Whew! I was worried for a while. When I heard that insects were undergoing an extinction, I thought, “Woe is me. What am I going to do in the summertime or in subtropical climes for exercise? Swatting bugs keeps the muscles active especially on a hot humid night.” Well, now I—and maybe you—don’t have to worry about our six-legged friends. At least that’s what I understand from an article published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.*
Yes, I know insects are important. Bees and pollinating, for example. But creepy crawlies of all kinds just don’t interest me. I think I’ve been at war with all sorts of ant species for most of my adult life, probably because of those childhood “experiments” my cousin and I used to conduct on the sidewalk. I know it’s revenge they seek.
So, now I’m worried. I recently read about the insect apocalypse, but apparently, that’s not in the picture for North American humans. Are there lucky people where the insect Armageddon is occurring in other parts of the world? Well, maybe not so lucky. Have you seen those swarms of locusts?
Insects. Can’t live with them. Can’t tramp on enough of them.
*Michael S. Crossley et al, No net insect abundance and diversity declines across US Long Term Ecological Research sites, Nature Ecology & Evolution. (2020) DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1269-4 Online at https://phys.org/news/2020-08-insect-apocalypse.html in a report by Joshua Paine.
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