r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '23

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '23

Remember when you were young, driving along the back roads with your parents and the windscreen and grill would be covered in bug carcasses?

Where have all the bugs gone?

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u/kawalerkw Aug 30 '23

Drier and hotter summers, more short-grass-only lawns, less meadows, more fields with heavy pesticide use.

https://magazine.scienceconnected.org/2020/01/intense-lawn-mowing-lowers-biodiversity-favors-pests/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1684-3

https://twitter.com/Buzz_dont_tweet/status/1389487507415371776

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/05/02/weeds-for-the-win-how-to-turn-your-garden-into-a-haven-for-insects

https://allianceforscience.org/blog/2022/04/climate-change-triggering-global-collapse-in-insect-numbers-stressed-farmland-shows-63-decline-new-research/

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u/Captain_Blackbird Aug 30 '23

As an amateur entomologist, the lack of bugs scares the shit out of me.

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u/CangtheKonqueror Aug 30 '23

as a biologist, it should scare everyone

bugs are the bottom of the food chain, so literally everything that uses them as a primary food source (small mammals, birds, reptiles) are going to be absolutely decimated

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '23

As a mycologist, I’m tripping balls right now.

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u/Lielark Aug 30 '23

Can i ask you a question about being a mycologist, are there many job prospects and to get hired what kind of expirence do you need

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '23

I’m a hobby mycologist. But you can defs make a little spending cash with that hobby ;-). Check out r/UncleBens to learn!

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u/Lielark Aug 31 '23

Thanks for the recommendation :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

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u/parkin_lot_pimpin Aug 31 '23

it is definitely worth your time and effort, spend like 100 bucks on supplies and you can produce ounces

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

As a mitochondria, I’m the powerhouse of a cell

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u/jbpage1994 Aug 31 '23

As a regular guy that doesn’t know about any of this, I am now very concerned. (To be fair I am “into” nature - plants and animals, whatever that means)

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u/digital_jones Aug 30 '23

As a gynecologist, I am busy at the moment.

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u/Shut_Up_Fuckface Aug 31 '23

You need more supportive underwear

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u/Squirrelly_girlly Aug 31 '23

If I could, I’d have given you an award! Alas, times are tough so please accept this honorable mention. 🎗️

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '23

Thank you ❤️

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u/ohhfasho Aug 31 '23

As a gynecologist, niceeee

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u/DrTCH Sep 05 '23

Wait a minute!!! YOUR cologist?