There were way, way, way more bugs. Yesterday I spent about 12 hours on the highway, and I didn’t need to pull over to clean my windshield once. 20-30 years ago my windshield and headlights would be completely plastered after a few hours.
10 trillion members as late as 1875. Soon after, their population rapidly declined, with the last recorded sighting in 1902, and the species formally declared extinct in 2014.
There were way, way, way more bugs. Yesterday I spent about 12 hours on the highway, and I didn’t need to pull over to clean my windshield once. 20-30 years ago my windshield and headlights would be completely plastered after a few hours.
That’s not because of the number of bugs, it’s because your newer car has better aerodynamics than your 20/30 year old one.
It’s also because of a massive decline in the number of insects in the last 20-30 years
jfc
🫡 to the guy who counted all 10 trillion members
my mom still drives the same car from the late 80s and the difference on it is drastic.