Bug apocalypse

[babushka]

Been seeing bugs dying out on the radar as I'm sure everyone has. 75% reduction in population in something like 16 years.

I never really thought about it, but yes my car isn't covered in bugs anymore. I have noticed the spiders are gone from the garden, but that could be from the birds. The worst for me was driving through a swarm of bees and putting my wipers on, instantly reduced to zero visibility, the honey makes a mess. I don't see many bees any more and have not had to run and close windows in years when a swarm comes by.

In my case it's not a big mystery, everything has been flattened and turned into suburbia. Houses are not built with gardens any more. Small plots. Of course the excuse is 'pack up and go', modern lifestyles. It's got nothing to do with houses being fucking unfordable and business buying up plots of land and building flats! The rich get richer while the planet cries and people live dead lives. Grey is a popular paint scheme on houses. All the cars are white or grey. I mean come on! Even entertainment is lifeless! It's all statements and activism hiding behind faux entertainment that lacks imagination and inspiration. How stupid are you to think activism or hate filled politico is good creative energy and that's all we get.

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Bugs getting their apocalyptic RESET by your friendly Nazi neighbor, MONSANTO. Along with other factors mentioned in the vid. 

Funny and I didn't realize it till now is the past few years I haven't had to scrub the grill & hood of my car & truck. I remember always buying that aerosol wax to spray on so the bug remains easily rinse off.

One bug that has NOT diminished at least in my neck of the woods is...mosquitoes! This past summer I noticed a lot less bees & wasps. Normally, every summer I get stung at least once, but not in 2025.

What has increased in my parts is wildlife. I now more often see big hawks, vultures, owls, fox, deer (bucks too), woodchucks, rabbits & squirrels (tons of them), wild turkeys (very rare but now common), skunks unfortunately, porcupines and the next country road over from me...black bear.

One day it will be humans. One year back in I think it was 2004, Stephen Hawking came to my work campus to give a lecture. One thing he said that stuck in my head was (paraphrasing): If we do not find a way off this rock in the next 100 years and go colonize another planet, then humanity is doomed. Course back then most of us laughed. Amazing how much has changed in 20 short years and not necessarily for the better!

"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure."
— Agent Smith

Yes, there is hope...



...for the bugs that is.

[Ninurta]

If y'all are short on bugs and miss 'em, you an have some of mine. As many as you want - we're eat up with them. Especially spiders, those damned 8 legged freaks!

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[Minstrel]

If you're really looking for missing bugs...
 Do you thinks there's a market...for replacements?

I'm gonna make a killing.

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If y'all are short on bugs and miss 'em, you an have some of mine. As many as you want - we're eat up with them. Especially spiders, those damned 8 legged freaks!

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Still dealing with huntsman's?
 (*don't know about that spelling)

[Ninurta]

Still dealing with huntsman's?
 (*don't know about that spelling)

Yup, and they're getting bigger every year. I'm soon gonna need to buy a shotgun...

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