08-28-2026, 08:22 AM
Only three. How does that compare to a typical year? Do the numbers tend to fluctuate?
Since you mentioned that, I've been thinking and realized the overall insect count here has been much lower than e
ected. We had perfect "bug weather," adequate rain with stretches of sun -- which usually results in all manner of gnats and moths. Normally this time of year I am hearing the grasshoppers slowing down as they fly, but this year I've only seen one grasshopper all summer, and only one butterfly. A few gnats and moths early in the summer.
Fewer birds than usual. Normally I see nighthawks all summer in the sky at dusk when the gnats emerge, but very few nighthawks.
Is this a localized phenomenon, I wonder, or is this a sign of the "crash" in global insect populations that I've read about?
Since you mentioned that, I've been thinking and realized the overall insect count here has been much lower than e
ected. We had perfect "bug weather," adequate rain with stretches of sun -- which usually results in all manner of gnats and moths. Normally this time of year I am hearing the grasshoppers slowing down as they fly, but this year I've only seen one grasshopper all summer, and only one butterfly. A few gnats and moths early in the summer. Fewer birds than usual. Normally I see nighthawks all summer in the sky at dusk when the gnats emerge, but very few nighthawks.
Is this a localized phenomenon, I wonder, or is this a sign of the "crash" in global insect populations that I've read about?
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