Scott Man
Manhattan Beach, CA Nov. 27
I live in Los Angeles and over the years have driven up to the Bay Area (San Francisco, Napa, etc.) from time to time. I can recall in the early 90s driving up the 5 freeway through agricultural rich land to visit friends in San Fran. In those days I would typically have to stop twice to clean all the bugs off my windshield - they were too numerous and large for my windshield wipers and windshield washer fluid to keep up with. Just 2 weeks ago I made the same trip as I drove to Napa for a week of wine tasting. When I arrived in Napa I had a minimal amount of dead bugs on my windshield; I remember thinking “Where did all the bugs go?”.
The decline of insects appears to be just one more way nature is telling humanity that enough is enough. When are we going to wake up and take meaningful action, and stop grasping at the belief that global climate change is deep state lie? Hopefully it is not already too late.
California Resists
Berkeley CA Nov. 27
@Scott Man I have noticed this, too, going from the Bay Area to LA. There was one spot along 5 near Bakersfield where the insects were around in clouds. Now, nothing. I have a small orchard in northern Sonoma County. It used to be alive with buzzing in the spring when the trees were in blossom. Now, just a handful of insects visit the pretty trees. Apples don't do well now. And the only birds we see now are ravens and bluejays, with an occasional hummingbird. Where did the robins and all the others go? And no more Mexican house finches, with their beautiful springtime song. This is real and it is tragic.
Karen D
San Jose Nov. 27
@Scott Man
I have lived in the Bay Area for 30 years. I have noticed the startling decline in the number of insects in my yard. The wasps, ants, aphids, mosquitoes, beetles, house flies have dramatically declined. The number of spiders has declined as well. ( I do not use any insecticides in my yard.) While the decline in mosquitoes has been an intentional public policy due to West Nile Virus, and some insect loss is probably due to the long-term drought, the overall loss is frightening. I still have many hummingbirds that visit (due to feeders) and I'm attracting more bees to my yard by growing bee-loving plants. How much longer do we have before nature collapses?
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