The decline of insects and pollinators is catastrophically huge. Did you know that you can do something for insects even with only a balcon or very small garden? If all try it ... Some small, easy to start steps that could change your behaviour: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/17/insects-dying-25-easy-and-effective-ways-you-can-help-aoe
#insects #decline #biodiversity #pollinators #biodiversityLoss #insectDecline #extinction #activism #environment #ecology #gardening
He records the yearly data, the shifts in dominant species. But today, there is so much less to see. Once, when he and Hallwachs would type up their notes in the night, they would pitch a tent in the living room to protect their computers from thousands of #moths that flocked to the blue glow. Now, they work with the house open to the forest air. “I find myself saying, ‘Winnie! A moth has arrived at the light on my laptop,"Janzen says. “One moth.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
@MorpheusB @jhaue I’ve been doing regular long drives from Sydney down to the South Coast, Canberra and Melbourne for years — and I’ve never seen my car stay so clean. A decade ago, it would be splattered with insects. Now? Practically nothing. A disturbing contrast.
#insectdecline #climatecrisis
"A new point in history has been reached, #entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the #food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides ... as #bugs declined, so too did the populations of #lizards, #frogs and #birds. Their disappearance, they wrote, had triggered “a bottom-up trophic cascade and consequent #collapse of the #forest food web”.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
#ecology #decline #InsectDecline #climateCrisis #birdDecline #silence #biodiversity
The causes of #insectdecline are led by a few major sources: intensive #agriculture, #climatechange, #pollution, #invasivespecies and #habitatloss.
https://theconversation.com/humans-are-killing-helpful-insects-in-hundreds-of-ways-simple-steps-can-reduce-the-harm-255844?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Science%20Editors%20Picks%20%20May%2014%202025%20-%203373934398&utm_content=Science%20Editors%20Picks%20%20May%2014%202025%20-%203373934398+Version+B+CID_c8108cc29e903046348b3ab1f52fe08f&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=hundreds%20of%20interconnected%20ways%20that%20humans%20are%20harming%20insects
New publication: Weather anomalies cannot explain insect decline. #conservationbiology #insectdecline #biodiversity #biodiversityloss
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08528-0
Today I learned that "imaginal disc" [1] is called "imaginal" because that's the adjective form of "imago" [2], the adult insect form.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginal_disc
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imago
Saving the insects, one TV at a time
#insects #bugs #bugslife #ARealBugsLife #beetles #naturephotography #entomology #naturelovers #insectdecline #habitat #ecosystems #forests #insectnews #disney #natgeo #DisneyPlus #ARealBugsLife #awkwafina #pollinators #natureconservation #nature #conservation #pollinatorgarden #raingarden #science #research
Saving the insects, one TV at a time
#insects #bugs #bugslife #ARealBugsLife #beetles #naturephotography #entomology #naturelovers #insectdecline #habitat #ecosystems #forests #insectnews #disney #natgeo #DisneyPlus #ARealBugsLife #awkwafina #pollinators #natureconservation #nature #conservation #pollinatorgarden #raingarden #science #research
Ripping back the cover on the real lives of insects
#insects #bugs #insectdecline #habitat #ecosystems #forests #insectpopulation #speciesdecline #insectnews #disney #natgeo #DisneyPlus #ARealBugsLife #awkwafina #pollinators #natureconservation #nature #conservation #pollinatorgarden #raingarden
Ripping back the cover on the real lives of insects
#insects #bugs #insectdecline #habitat #ecosystems #forests #insectpopulation #speciesdecline #insectnews #disney #natgeo #DisneyPlus #ARealBugsLife #awkwafina #pollinators #natureconservation #nature #conservation #pollinatorgarden #raingarden
Do you like your tea with #microplastics ? if you prepare your tea like this it could be an extra ingredient;
https://gaianism.org/reading-the-tea-leavings/
#enviroment #earthday
#EarthDayEveryday #religion
#degrowthmovement #grounding
#interdependance #TerraMadre
#MotherEarth #Gaia #Gaianism
#Gaianist #She #Earth_Centered #flora #fauna #FloraFaunaHabitat #SoilFauna #Gaian_Way #The_Gaian_Way #Gaiapunk #deforestation #BrazilSaysNoToDeforestation #DefundDeforestation #déforestation #pollution #PollutionGreed #NoisePollution #InsectDecline #insect #birddecline #bird #BirdWatching #BirdPhotogaphy #birdconservation #habitat_decline
Learn More About the CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Franklin's Bumblebee;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_bumblebee
#enviroment #critically_endangered_species #SouthernOregon #NorthernCalifornia #bee #bumblebee #lupine #CaliforniaPoppy #horsemint #Critically_Imperiled #Franklins_Bumblebee #insect #InsectDecline #population_unknown #habitat_distruction #HabitatGardening #comercialbumblebeediseases
#comercialbumblebee
New NIOO publication: #Dutch #landscapes have lost insect-pollinated plants over the past 87 years.
#biodiversityloss #insectdecline #plantdiversity #pollinators
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14649
Disproportionate declines of formerly abundant species underlie insect loss | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06861-4
It's my 14 year blogiversary, thanks everyone for reading! Blogging has been so rewarding, it's kept me sane through #academia ups & downs. My windscreen phenomenon posts (on why windscreen anecdotes are not evidence of #insectdecline) still some of the most read https://ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2021/06/24/what-the-windscreen-anecdote-tells-us-about-science/
🚨 Paper published! 🚨
Our story on joint interaction disinvestment of #plant-#pollinator systems in response to #InsectDecline was accepted at Evolutionary Ecology and is now available online:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-023-10264-2
I hope you enjoy reading it!
#TheoreticalEcology
#ComputationalEcology
#EcologicalModelling
#AdaptiveDynamics
#OpenAccess
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Buglife@mastodonapp.uk - Join Buglife Cymru & Dave Goulson as we discuss the 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝐴𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑝𝑠𝑒: 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 & 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
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#InsectDecline #Insects #Pollinators #Bugs #BugsMatter
@Sheril See @manusaunders recent posts on #insectdecline as an example. https://ecoevo.social/@manusaunders/110949818736871472
