Plummeting insect numbers threaten collapse of nature

[rncgray]

I have been following this thread with an increasing sense of unease as we seemingly demean ourselves by being flippant about a serious topic. The decline of the insects, who E. O. Wilson describes as "the tiny things who run the world", is well documented (1-3) and will have very serious consequences for all life on Earth.

Richard Gray

(1) doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1722477115

(2) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

(3) Multiple anecdotal accounts (my own included) of a large decrease in nocturnal insect activity in the last 50 years.