• demonsword
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    23 hours ago

    Insect armageddon has happened way faster than anyone thought

    I remember as a kid (I’m currently in my late 40s) that the world was full of bugs. Many, many tipes of mosquitos, beetles, praying mantis, ladybugs, ants, cicadas. You rode in a car at night and the windshield would be splattered by bugs every 30s. Nowadays I barely see any around.

    EDIT: the exception seems to be cockroaches. Those never went away.

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      19 hours ago

      Well the “good news” is the Lone Star Tick is expanding its territory. If we keep treating our environment like shit, it may just bring down the hammer on beef and dairy