Text Drivers are Killers
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The bugs are dying off. In my experience flies and mosquitos are much less numerous than 5, 10, or 20 years ago. I never see lightning bugs anymore.
When's the last time you saw a bug splatter on your windshield?
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floridafan
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Is this really the best topic your handlers could give you? They are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Could be because cars are more streamlined and the bugs blow past the windshield. I will have to think about that one. I drive a Jeep and a Prius. I believe there are lost of dead splattered bugs on my Jeeps windshield, but not so much on my prius. But I have not thought a lot about this.
I just dove a 150 miles through South Louisiana (think Atchafalaya Swamp) ... and my windshield is NOT covered with dead bugs.
jimmymccready
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Jack, we are over the border in the East Texas Piney Woods (think Jasper area), and, yes, the vast amount of bugs over the years have diminished while driving on our country roads.
jimmy, they have 'Mosquito Control' over here. Not only do they drive around with Trucks with 'Fog Machines' on the back, they also have planes that do aerial spraying. (There's water everywhere, along with the mosquitoes)
Fentoine Lum
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Can't be anything weird going on with how we produce corporate food or alterations in the environment and climate. Anyway, the corporate state will take care of this.
Fentoine Lum
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Anyone who motorcycle trips can tell you it's wide spread across the land mass.
Fentoine Lum
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I've seen the same, in various locales. I do see lightning bus, but nothing like I used to.
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
This is a cause for concern.
Along with bugs like flies and mosquitoes, pollinator insects like bees and butterflies are also dying off.
Everyone should make it a point to find out which flowering plant species are native to their area and which ones are also host plants for whichever species of butterflies are locally native.
Plant them in your yards. Encourage your neighbors to as well.
Milkweed attracts Monarchs and is the only plant their caterpillars will eat. You can get seeds through the mail for free or purchase the plants from local nurseries.
It's both a fun hobby and a worthwhile thing to do.
/sermon
Along with bugs like flies and mosquitoes, pollinator insects like bees and butterflies are also dying off.
Everyone should make it a point to find out which flowering plant species are native to their area and which ones are also host plants for whichever species of butterflies are locally native.
Plant them in your yards. Encourage your neighbors to as well.
Milkweed attracts Monarchs and is the only plant their caterpillars will eat. You can get seeds through the mail for free or purchase the plants from local nurseries.
It's both a fun hobby and a worthwhile thing to do.
/sermon
pollution.
According to Firefly.org:
"Most species of fireflies thrive as larvae in rotting wood and forest litter at the margins of ponds and streams. And as they grow, they more or less stay where they were born. Some species are more aquatic than others, and a few are found in more arid areas — but most are found in fields, forests and marshes. Their environment of choice is warm, humid and near standing water of some kind—ponds, streams and rivers, or even shallow depressions that retain water longer than the surrounding ground."
As the human population continues to grow, more and more wild habitat will be developed for our use. As long as we keep interrupting forest land with houses, turning meadows into lawns and paving over wetlands, the fewer fireflies there will be — unless we start living in some radically different ways.
But like bees, amphibians and butterflies, fireflies are disappearing. While the exact reason isn't known, three main factors are suspected: Habitat loss, toxic chemicals (which tend to linger in aquatic environments where fireflies start their lives) and light pollution.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/why-are-fireflies-disappearing
According to Firefly.org:
"Most species of fireflies thrive as larvae in rotting wood and forest litter at the margins of ponds and streams. And as they grow, they more or less stay where they were born. Some species are more aquatic than others, and a few are found in more arid areas — but most are found in fields, forests and marshes. Their environment of choice is warm, humid and near standing water of some kind—ponds, streams and rivers, or even shallow depressions that retain water longer than the surrounding ground."
As the human population continues to grow, more and more wild habitat will be developed for our use. As long as we keep interrupting forest land with houses, turning meadows into lawns and paving over wetlands, the fewer fireflies there will be — unless we start living in some radically different ways.
But like bees, amphibians and butterflies, fireflies are disappearing. While the exact reason isn't known, three main factors are suspected: Habitat loss, toxic chemicals (which tend to linger in aquatic environments where fireflies start their lives) and light pollution.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/why-are-fireflies-disappearing
Fentoine Lum
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Ah, capitalism.
Text Drivers are Killers
Joe Biden - "Time to put Trump in the bullseye."
YOU are gonna THINK about this?? With what?
Text Drivers are Killers
Joe Biden - "Time to put Trump in the bullseye."
Milkweed is poisonous.
countryboy
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Lol, I can never keep the bugs off my grill in the summer. Lightning bugs splatter on my windshield all the time, kinda cool, they leave a glow-in-the-dark spot for a few seconds. The bugs in my area aren't dying off in any way, shape, or form. In fact, we have a new bug in the last couple of years, the stink bug. It has been working it's way west from PA. Not to mention the Asian Beetle, which is a real problem around here.
Irish Exit
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Stink bugs are getting pretty prolific in my area as well. Japanese beetles are starting to make a come back after eradication efforts seem to have ceased. My dad said that back in the 70's they got totally out of control doing massive damage. fireflies seem to depend on the weather a lot, but a few summers ago I was lamenting I hadn't seen any at all that year when the power was knocked out to my entire neighborhood at which I could see them flashing like mad up in the tree. My hood also has a growing colony of bats that keep some of the nocturnal insects down. I see dragonflies regularly. Gnats are a huge problem in my garden. They are very fond of my greenbeans. Just to harvest the beans requires a suit of armor to protect you once they get stirred up. This past summer saw a huge return of honeybees and fewer bumble bees when usually it is the opposite. I suspect weather is a factor there as well. It was a super wet year.
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
You're not supposed to eat it yourself.