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<blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 156852" data-attributes="member: 29302"><p>Hi guys. Something popped up in my news feed tonight about the decline in insect numbers, that's alarming scientists, and moths and butterflies were mentioned as being down by a 3rd.</p><p></p><p>It reminded me of something I heard on the radio several months ago, where the presenter was lamenting the loss of the 'moth blizzard'. Apparently, a common sight and a nuisance for motorists back in the day were the sheer numbers of moths that would hit your windscreen. People were phoning in and telling their memories of having to stop regularly to clean dead moths and pollen from their wings off the windscreen. A biker said it was so bad you literally couldn't see until you cleaned your visor. They seemed to agree that the phenomenon started to decline around the 70s but couldn't agree on the cause.</p><p>It made me wonder, could it be the sheer number of cars on the roads nowadays hitting all these moths every night that has something to do with it? Strangely, that wasn't mentioned on the programme, but it makes you think doesn't it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jess S, post: 156852, member: 29302"] Hi guys. Something popped up in my news feed tonight about the decline in insect numbers, that's alarming scientists, and moths and butterflies were mentioned as being down by a 3rd. It reminded me of something I heard on the radio several months ago, where the presenter was lamenting the loss of the 'moth blizzard'. Apparently, a common sight and a nuisance for motorists back in the day were the sheer numbers of moths that would hit your windscreen. People were phoning in and telling their memories of having to stop regularly to clean dead moths and pollen from their wings off the windscreen. A biker said it was so bad you literally couldn't see until you cleaned your visor. They seemed to agree that the phenomenon started to decline around the 70s but couldn't agree on the cause. It made me wonder, could it be the sheer number of cars on the roads nowadays hitting all these moths every night that has something to do with it? Strangely, that wasn't mentioned on the programme, but it makes you think doesn't it! [/QUOTE]
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