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If you're old enough to remember, it's a little unsettling and strange. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Crass_Spektakel 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

When people around here mentioned there are no more insects on the wind screens of car a local biologists checked the number of insects - and it was more or less the same (~5% less)

But what he found out was pretty interesting: Nowadays insects avoid streets. Evolution seems to have breed an inherent fear of streets into insects.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll believe you without questioning or researching myself because that would be a very comforting thought indeed

[โ€“] Crass_Spektakel 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You would believe it if you saw the mosquito swarms in my garden. The quite busy street basically is a biological desert. One meter off road in my garden I have a HUGE swarm of mosquitoes every evening. Not just one or two, more like 100, all in one big flock, within 1-2mยณ. And as soon as I leave the house they are all over me. Only way to get rid of them: Walk to the street or get back into the house. Dusk-Time is Mosquito Time in my garden. No humans allowed.

Edit, what I call mosquitos are two different insects around here. The very tiny ones of 3-5mm and sting like hell and the huge ones at 50-150mm (Not joking, some are larger than my hand) which are utterly harmless but also disgusting. I guess nobody expected Monster Mosquitos in Bavaria. But then we also have snakes who can spray like skunks. And LOTS of them.