It's that time of year again, when I start blabbering at anyone who will listen (and sometimes at people who WON'T listen) about how if you have a place to grow things, you can help save the insects upon whom basically our entire ecosystem depend. This video is 40 minutes long, but it moves fast, has pictures, and is FULL of info. It'll also give you a sort of jumping off point if you want to learn more about giving wildlife a safe space where you live, no national park needed. #savethebugs https://homegrownnationalpark.org/restoring-insects/

https://youtu.be/yGjCB0Up3U4

Have you noticed the #insects and #bugs out in the world are declining? It's our fault (yes, all of us humans).

We need global change to reverse this, but there are things you can do (or stop doing) to make a small positive difference.

Stop using broad spectrum "solutions" for specific problems. If ants are invading your house, don't kill every bug in and around your house to kill them. Find an ant specific method. Better still, find a #native spider or other ant predator to do the work.

Replace your #introducedspecies plants, shrubs, and trees with #nativespecies equivalents. Build islands of native plants to add to the #HomeGrownNationalPark.

As mentioned in the video, you can contribute to #PlanetWild (and use the code kyle7). Stop using bug zappers.

#SaveTheBugs #AnthropoceneExtinction

Air pollution particles may be a cause of dramatic drop in global insect numbers. #SaveOurPollinators #SaveTheBees #SaveTheBugs
https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2023/july/air-pollution-particles-may-be-cause-of-dramatic-drop-in-global-insect-numbers

#InsectDecline should concern all of us. #SaveTheBugs

WE NEED BUGS, Y'ALL. ❤️🐝🐞🦋🐜🐛🪲🦟🦗❤️

#SaveTheBugs
#SaveTheBees
#pollinators

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