Declining Insect Populations

They creep along the ground, fly through the air and may sometimes sting you. It may seem as if the outdoor world has gotten more hospitable in recent years as the numbers of insects inhabiting your garden and splattering your windshield have drastically declined. However, reducing numbers and varieties of insects has a substantial overall impact on the environment and the future of the earth as we know it.

These tiny and seemingly inconsequential bugs hold great power in plant pollination, soil microbial diversification, environmental clean-up and wildlife support. Insects are in a unique position to perform these functions in what appears to be a flawless and effortless fashion. Tragically, declines are now observed in many different insect populations. Overall diversification is also declining.

While it may be difficult to get excited about combating the loss of insects, this ecological disaster may ultimately affect your food prices at the grocery store. One of the best illustrations of the ecological importance can be seen in bird populations.

Without insects, many bird species face starvation and some believe this is already triggering serious declines and numbers. Wildlife author Michael McCarthy believes Britain's farmland birds have been cut in half since 1970, with some declines being outright catastrophic.

The Guardian, June 17, 2018

For instance, the spotted flycatcher, a specialist predator of aerial insects, has declined in number by more than 95 percent. The link between insects and the number of bird species was again confirmed in a study by Aberdeen University Their data showed a drastic decline in cuckoo birds in some areas of England, closely linked to a similar decline in numbers of tiger moth caterpillars, one of the primary food sources for the cuckoo.

International Journal of Avian Science, June 12, 2018 doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12612

The ignorance is - people look at the spraying of the sky every single freekin day and the sheeples think it is normal. It is NOT normal. we are being sprayed like bugs... bugs are disappearing, next will be us. Aluminum, barium, strontium, all kinds of plastics. The trees are dying, ocean life is dying.

We are being sprayed like bugs, poisoned at the grocery store, poisoned via vaccines, wi-fi, the water supply , and with HAARP destroying the ozone layer UV radiation as well. It will be a few years now and most life that is not sub-terranean will cease to exist.

To think this is not by design is naive at best. So while the NYT,CNN, and MSNBC focus on dividing the sheep their owners prepare to move underground and have been doing so for a number of years. And as far as the actual numbers of insects, bees, etc.. Their declines are much closer to 95% plus. The stats that show a 50% decline are extremely off so as not to panic the sheep......

When you are looking to buy land, there are many things to look for. You want to see diversity of species in wildlife and vegetation. Healthy trees with fast-growing leaders. Look for variety in both over story and undergrowth throughout the different seasons of the year. Take a shovel and turn the soil over to see what you have.

Do a bit of dowsing to check out the water situation if you will need a well. Talk with well drillers about local water quality. Trees that are J-rooted may mean the land is shifting and not stable. Check the land during the wettest time of year to see if there are water problems. Check during the most snow or mud to see if land is accessible and roads are passable.

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Thank you … We are gratified to discover many species of small things on our land indicative of a clean environment. We have many kinds of bees, preying mantises, lady bugs and tree frogs. There is also a balanced food chain with coyotes, foxes, birds of prey, deer, wild turkeys, grouse, rabbits, garter snakes, mice, chipmunks and lizards.

Butterflies are almost gone compared to the 50's. Italian bees can't withstand the African bees, the Russian bees are the only ones that can, and they are no match really. Ladybugs are way down and praying mantis are rare as hen's teeth. yet biting flies and roaches proliferate.

Mosquitos are pandemic even in places, like The Caribbean that were near free of them in the 60's. it's called free trade because the wonderful corporations get the $ minus some extra expenses like kickbacks and bribes, and we get Asian beetles, tiger mosquitos and countless other vermin for free.

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I also wonder about electromagnetic effects on them. Check out: ehtrust.org/science/bees-butterflies-wildlife-research-electromagnetic.. 

and www.fws.gov/southwest/es/documents/R2ES/LitCited/LPC_2012/Fernie_and_R.. 

and what-when-how.com/.../magnetic-sense-insects  

I find this equally as disturbing. I think we're looking at a combination, accumulative effect and sadly. it isn't good.

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It seems to me that Mankind in their ignorance denies the importance of "creepy/ crawlies/ fliers - basically, the human attitude to all other life forms is that "we don't need them" or even worse - "kill them" - this is IGNORANCE on a Grand Scale - pollinators are being wiped out - this is IGNORANCE that fails to connect Mankind's symbiotic relationship with plants and animals and water/ air/ soil/ oceans everything on this planet is a necessary resource even mosquitoes -

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