A citizen science project that monitors flying insects in the UK, meanwhile, found a 60% decline between 2004 and 2021.
It's not really a great metric, I think. I mean, the point of pesticides is to reduce the insect population.
Like, what you'd want to find is what the collateral damage is on insects that you want to retain, and whether that impact is of concern.
Vicki Hird, agriculture lead at The Wildlife Trusts, said: “Pollinating insects like bees and moths, and predators of crop pests like ladybird beetles and dragonflies, are the foundation for a productive and sustainable food system. Yet these two groups of bugs have declined by 18% and 34% respectively since 1970.
Yeah, see, that'd permit for development of more-targeted pesticides.