Around the globe there is a significant change in populations’ of butterflies, bees, beetles, and other insects and arthropods (invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton). Many people tend to think of animals as four legged creatures, but there are over a million species of insects that are the dominant form of animal kingdom. Too many of us (pest control), we have the good riddance mentality with the reduction of insects: less infestations, bites, stings, disease, and crop loss but scientists wager there are many times more insects out there performing roles that make life possible. Insects are the silent champions of most ecosystems, pollinating plants, breaking-down dead stuff, controlling weeds and providing food for other animals. First, in the 1990s, pollinators (bees) began to disappear, in 2006 moth populations declined, 2010 firefly lights began to puff-out, 2014 there was a 35 percent drop in the quantity of insects, 2017 saw a reduction of 75 percent in insect biomass in some areas, and finally this last year saw a reduction in the number of monarch butterflies sightings. Many scientists believe that specific insect population numbers are dying out rather than this being an overall trend. Reasons for this trend can be blamed on insecticides, loss of habitat and climate change.
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