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RepublicofTexas  User ID: 77348091 United States02/11/2019 11:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.nature.com (secure)] <snip> Flying insects are disappearing from German skies The country has lost three-quarters of its aerial insects since 1989. We in East Texas generously offer to replenish your bugs with some of the most hardy mosquitoes you could desire, for free. No worries. Fire ants are available upon request, at the same bargain rate, postage-paid of course. Make America Strong Again Make America Sexy Again I'm fukken this monkey, you just shut up and hold the tail." |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73807423 United States02/11/2019 11:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes sense, more people on the earth, more people squishing bugs, therefore less bugs. Quoting: LTHN. humans are wiping out other forms of life due to their inability to control their exponential birth rate. human expansion is constantly compressing the environment thus forcing species to survive with less and less. thats the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. ...and the wrong “people” are reproducing at the alarming because of gubmint support. Now if we can just impact the roach and bedbug population.... |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77366850 United States02/12/2019 12:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains. Quoting: Putin's Voluntaryist "Unless we change our way of producing food, insects as a whole will go down the path of extinction in a few decades," concluded the peer-reviewed study, which is set for publication in April. The recent decline in bugs that fly, crawl, burrow and skitter across still water is part of a gathering "mass extinction," only the sixth in the last half-billion years. "We are witnessing the largest extinction event on Earth since the late Permian and Cretaceous periods," the authors noted. ... The study, to be published in the journal Biological Conservation, pulled together data from more than 70 datasets from across the globe, some dating back more than a century. By a large margin, habitat change—deforestation, urbanisation, conversion to farmland—emerged as the biggest cause of insect decline and extinction threat. Next was pollution and the widespread use of pesticides in commercial agriculture. The recent collapse, for example, of many bird species in France was traced to the use insecticides on industrial crops such as wheat, barley, corn and wine grapes. "There are hardly any insects left—that's the number one problem," said Vincent Bretagnolle, an ecologist at Centre for Biological Studies. ... Britain has seen a measurable decline across 60 percent of its large insect groups, or taxa, followed by North America (51 percent) and Europe as a whole (44 percent). MORE: [link to phys.org (secure)] I've noticed. I plant a garden every year and I didn't have many pest problems the last couple of years. Hardly see grasshoppers anymore and last year the flies were absent most of the summer. Not complaining about that, I hate the damn flies. Ladybugs are still around though, wintering in my walls it seems. Anyway, if the insects go, the birds will be next. Or maybe they will survive off my cat food. I have a steady stream of little birds taking the cat food away daily, piece by piece.  Irony. Along with mice, birds are the original cat food. To solve this bug problem and bird issue, I suggest stop feeding your cats and let them feed themselves. It's a win-win-win! First, we save the doomed bugs, second, you take care of those troublesome birds, and last, you get extra cash for.........dog food!?   |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 70732847 United States02/12/2019 12:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains. Quoting: Putin's Voluntaryist "Unless we change our way of producing food, insects as a whole will go down the path of extinction in a few decades," concluded the peer-reviewed study, which is set for publication in April. The recent decline in bugs that fly, crawl, burrow and skitter across still water is part of a gathering "mass extinction," only the sixth in the last half-billion years. "We are witnessing the largest extinction event on Earth since the late Permian and Cretaceous periods," the authors noted. ... The study, to be published in the journal Biological Conservation, pulled together data from more than 70 datasets from across the globe, some dating back more than a century. By a large margin, habitat change—deforestation, urbanisation, conversion to farmland—emerged as the biggest cause of insect decline and extinction threat. Next was pollution and the widespread use of pesticides in commercial agriculture. The recent collapse, for example, of many bird species in France was traced to the use insecticides on industrial crops such as wheat, barley, corn and wine grapes. "There are hardly any insects left—that's the number one problem," said Vincent Bretagnolle, an ecologist at Centre for Biological Studies. ... Britain has seen a measurable decline across 60 percent of its large insect groups, or taxa, followed by North America (51 percent) and Europe as a whole (44 percent). MORE: [link to phys.org (secure)] This is real fucking doom right here. People do not understand how important a diverse and intact healthy ecology of planet earth really is - it's not just important, it's essential. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77064257 United States02/12/2019 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It seems to me that the "delicate" insects are dying out. The little ants, rolly-pollys, honey bees, delicate little butterflys, ect. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77366871 OTOH, mosquitos and horseflys are abundant, as well as roaches. Wasps and yellow jackets were everywhere this fall. Getting high off the hot plastic washers and getting eaten by birds whilst stoned |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77354367 United States02/12/2019 01:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Aware of the dire situation with Insect Life. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76539141 With so many things being parts of systems of things, this is a Canary in the Coal-Mine. In this case nobody gets-out alive. . just the super elites who have stored away all the earths resources for when the rest of us die off - |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77339822 United States02/12/2019 01:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It seems to me that the "delicate" insects are dying out. The little ants, rolly-pollys, honey bees, delicate little butterflys, ect. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77366871 OTOH, mosquitos and horseflys are abundant, as well as roaches. Here on the Oregon coast, it's crickets that have been utterly decimated. They used to be everywhere in abundance. When the weather starts getting chilly in the fall, you would always start to find them in the house, and they sought relief from the coming winter. But over the last 3 years, they have gone from sparse to practically GONE. This winter I found ONE. During the previous (normal) years, I would find 2 or 3 a DAY in the house. And during the summer, when I mow my lawn, I used to see HUNDREDS jumping around when I would mow next to my railroad tie terraces, but over the last few years? NADA. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 73025873 United States02/12/2019 01:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Monsanto ain't even a company Monsanto. The Monsanto Company (/mɒnˈsæntoʊ/) was an American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation that existed from 1901 until 2018 when it was acquired by Bayer as part of its crop science division. It was headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. |
| CitizenPerth User ID: 77364130 Australia02/12/2019 02:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | look to the decline of the bee.... quantifiable. Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 02/12/2019 02:12 AM It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
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| BirdMom User ID: 77329039  Panama02/12/2019 02:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes sense, more people on the earth, more people squishing bugs, therefore less bugs. Quoting: LTHN. humans are wiping out other forms of life due to their inability to control their exponential birth rate. human expansion is constantly compressing the environment thus forcing species to survive with less and less. thats the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. I don't think it has anything to do with population. Humans and insects have been coexisting forever. There's still plenty of space on this planet for bugs to thrive. I think it's got everything to do with GMO crops. Is the problem the newer heavy-duty pesticides? I'm skeptical. Insects used to be able to adapt to survive whatever pesticides we threw at them, like bacteria growing resistant to antibiotics. This leaves me wondering if the problem may be the GMO crops themselves. Are genetically modified plants killing the insects that eat them? Are the genetics of GMO crops finding their way into wild plants? |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77064257 United States02/12/2019 03:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [ Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77339822 Here on the Oregon coast, it's crickets that have been utterly decimated. Not just the beautiful tsunami prone Oregon coast: [link to www.bbc.com (secure)] The first comprehensive assessment of Europe's crickets and grasshoppers has found that more than a quarter of species are being driven to extinction |
