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The “Windshield Phenomenon” – Where Have All the Insects Gone?

The “windshield phenomenon” it is called – not seeing the splatter of flying insects on one’s car’s windshield as warm weather returns. And it appears to be a worldwide phenomena. Scientists in several regions of the Europe and North America have noticed an alarming reduction of insect population in their midst. This has major implications for both the biotic world and human society.

In a recent article in the leading scientific journal, Science (May 10, 2017, Volume 356, pages 576 – 579, http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/w...sects-gone), the widespread loss of insect population are being talked about by insect specialists as an everyday driving experience – spending less time cleaning dirty windshields – and belatedly trying to gather reliable data to quantify these losses.

Weighty disappearances: The mass of insects collected by monitoring traps in Orbroicher Bruch nature reserve in northwest Germany dropped 78% in 24 years.

https://irejn.org/blog-post/the-windshie...ects-gone/

It seems as if the number of insects across the globe are disappearing at an alarming rate. From driving in a car for miles, to no mosquitoes in the summer, etc.
What is your opinion on this?