Anybody Notice The Lovebugs Are Gone? (hexbear.net)

submitted 9 months ago by Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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When I was a kid, I remember seeing clouds of them in the school field when we went out to play. There used to be so many that they would cover your windshield. For the last few years I have hardly seen any around. Today, I only saw a single solitary bug lazily flying through the air.

I suspect the rapidly changing climate is the cause but, I guess I feel a bit of shock at realizing and reflecting on the fact that this is happening right at home.

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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 8 points 9 months ago

they migrated to the southern US in the 20th century, apparently? wikipedia article seems to believe reductions in pest flights are because fungis that control them in their native range caught up. i wonder if people purposely tried to remediate them as well, beyond the general biome destruction, they damaged cars and yankees hate that

[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

I didn't know that. All these changes are so sudden and fleeting on a geologic scale of time.

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