An analysis of more than 500 sites distributed worldwide finds that declines in the abundance of terrestrial insects are attributable mainly to decreases in species that were formerly abundant, rather than being the result of losses of rare species.
I remember when I was 16, I got in trouble for driving on the interstate (I was only allowed to drive around town at the time). I asked my mom how she knew, and she pointed out all the dead bugs on the front of my car. There are definitely fewer bugs now than there used to be.
A lot of the insects have definitely died, but, cars are hugely more aerodynamic as well, and a car that shapes the air to flow around it won’t be slamming into bugs as it drives.
I remember when I was 16, I got in trouble for driving on the interstate (I was only allowed to drive around town at the time). I asked my mom how she knew, and she pointed out all the dead bugs on the front of my car. There are definitely fewer bugs now than there used to be.
A lot of the insects have definitely died, but, cars are hugely more aerodynamic as well, and a car that shapes the air to flow around it won’t be slamming into bugs as it drives.
Huh. I hadn’t thought of that! In this case, though, I drove that same car for 14 years.