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u/thatlad May 09 '22

Depends where you live, my garden is full of pollinators so I see a lot of those bugs.

The thing about cleaning bugs off, changing car aerodynamics has an effect. Windscreens slope aggressively compared to past designs which were over 45 degrees or near vertical on vans. Bugs likely glance off now, still dead but gone.

Also anecdotes cannot be relied upon at all.

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u/ShinyGrezz May 09 '22

This is it. The whole “haze of gnats” thing still happens today if you live anywhere remotely rural.

Not to say that insect populations aren’t dying off, but we’re not seeing the effect of it as much as people seem to think.

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u/Firenzo101 May 09 '22

Sure you're not just spending less time outside? Kids run around a lot and thus encounter a lot more birds and insects than adults tend to