Climate Change Could Decrease The Number Of Bugs In Missouri

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1. It's already happened

I see far fewer insects now than I did growing up in central MO 40-50 years ago. Both variety and number. I rarely see butterflies, those big black and yellow garden spiders, lady bugs, or lightning bugs.

It also seems that it has happened more quickly in the last 10+ years or so, and a lot the last couple years. I travel a lot for work, and used to have to stop to clean my windshield in between fillups. In the last few years, I rarely have to clean it.

I walk my dog for a mile or so every night about 9. I used to hate having to watch out for those tree spiders that make the big webs. This year, I have seen very few of them. I noticed all summer that instead of giant clouds of insects swarming every streetlight after dark, there are maybe 2-3 bugs flying around each of them. I guess there are few spiders because there aren't enough bugs to eat.

It may not be a "scientific observation", but that is what I've noticed. Maybe it's part of some normal multi-year cycle, but I doubt that.