Suburban Rewilding: A Lifeline for Vanishing Insects
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#InsectApocalypse #Rewilding #PollinatorGardens #NativePlants #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #SustainableLiving
Daughter in Queensland, NZ. She’s had to pull car over a couple of times to wipe insects off windshield. #insectapocalypse there maybe not so bad?
Glyphosate is ecologically destructive. That we know. So let's regulate to remove all significant sources including precursors and that should mean banning production not just application in some places and some situations.
#insectapocalypse
”The [EU commission] would allow open-ended approvals, eliminate mandatory review of new scientific evidence, double the time banned pesticides can stay in the market after they’re ruled too dangerous for use."
#InsectApocalypse poisoned human bodies can be stopped if EU put life ahead of profits
We really need to ensure that sustainable lighting doesn't fuel the #InsectApocalypse...
Good guide below and excellent webinar on #LightPollution here:
youtu.be/qLhnEXAtUos?...
#Biodiversity
Australian Horsefly or March Fly. Very bitey. They like to drink your blood. But look at those beautiful emerald eyes. Insects are dying-off at a horrendous rate: the insectapocalypse.
Learn how to love and protect nature.
Vita Sapien Philosophy: vitasapien.org
#VitaSapien #Insectapocalypse
Fiji’s ants might be the canary in the coal mine for the insect apocalypse #Science #Biology #Ecology #InsectApocalypse #Biodiversity #Conservation
I still think this #SciComm deserves a #Pulitzer.
#InsectApocalypse
www.reuters.com/graphics/GLO...
Endemic native ant species of #Fiji, animals that ‘help run the world’, show signs of decline determined from historic community genome #DNA 🧬 study 🌍
#InsectApocalypse #Pesticides #Pollution
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/f...
#ecosystems #agriculture #insectapocalypse
Even in "remote" areas
"They found that 79% of Fiji’s endemic ant species were in decline, with impacts beginning at the time of humans’ arrival on the islands about 3,000 years ago and speeding up in the past 300 years – coinciding with European […]
#InsectApocalypse
Perhaps worldwide?
Insect boom for UK after warmest, sunniest spring on record
Certain #insects - including ladybirds, butterflies and wasps - are thriving after the warmest and sunniest spring on record across the UK.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#InsectApocalypse #environment #climate #ClimateChange
Biodiversity scientist #DanJanzen has seen more than any of us in the #insectapocalypse - and apart from the harrowing ethical issues, this is truly frightening for our future, our ecosystems, and our food and water security.
Thanks @irishrainforest.bsky.social and @wardvalley.bsky.social 💚 🐝 🪰🦋
😣 This would be much funnier if not for the #insectapocalypse. I have personally observed it over my 6.5+ decades of life.
Common Farm Chemical Is Accelerating the Insect Apocalypse #Science #Biology #Ecology #InsectApocalypse #BiodiversityLoss #EcologicalImpact
Scientists record the #soundscape of a healthy #reef and play it to #corals in a disturbed #environment: www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/68...
Study: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
I spontaneously thought of the book 'Silent Earth' about the #insectApocalypse by @davegoulson.bsky.social
Silver-Spotted Skipper photo.
Slurp! Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), New Haven, CT, USA, June 30, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #entomology #skippers #InsectApocalypse
Multi-photo sequence of a bumble bee taking off from the center of a coneflower.
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) liftoff from Coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June, 2024.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #bees #InsectApocalypse
Bug on the rim of a small white daisy flower.
Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris). Hamden (Brooksvale Park), CT, USA, June 28, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #entomology #bugs #InsectApocalypse
Close photo of a fly standing on a green leaf.
God in His wisdom, Made the fly, And then forgot, To tell us why.
–Ogden Lauren Nash
Marsh Snipe Fly, North Haven, CT, USA, June 28, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #naturephoto #naturephotography #sciviz #scicomm #insects #entomology #flies #InsectApocalypse
Close view of a Bumble Bee collecting pollen on the head of a Coneflower.
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis), North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #bees #bumblebees #InsectApocalypse
Close view of a Bumble Bee working the center of a Coneflower.
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis), North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #bees #bumblebees #InsectApocalypse
A tiny green metallic bee on a bright red coneflower center.
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on Coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #sciviz #scicomm #insects #entomology #bees #sweatbees #InsectApocalypse
Very close photo of a small bee at the yellow center of a white daisy.
Ligated Furrow Bee on Oxeye Daisy. North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #entomology #bees #furrowbees #InsectApocalypse
A close photo of a Bumble Bee on a Monarda (Beebalm) flower.
A Bumble Bee (Bombus, not sure which) on Monarda. North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #bees #bumblebees #InsectApocalypse
A tiny (~6-7mm) flowerfly on a beebalm flower.
Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on Monarda, North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
🧪🌿🌎 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #insects #flies #InsectApocalypse
I’m missing the bees on my wild roses this year. #insectapocalypse
I know it is anecdotal, but from one year to the next #bees of all kinds are less abundant in the gardens of my friends in Greater #Boston. This year it is positively spooky. It is hard to imagine that we have not crossed some point of no return in the #insectapocalypse.