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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
(www.theguardian.com)
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Every spring there are fewer bugs in our garden, and walking around we see signs on half our neighbors lawns warning about pesticide application. It's ridiculous that on top of the agricultural pesticide use, we even allow residential use... FOR GRASS.
The pollinator garden is coming along nicely though in our yard, and it is one of the busier ones in our area which is nice.
Problem is that we are also seeing big declines in places without pesticides