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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, I was going to say - when was the last time this didn't happen?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have some roads which would be swarming with bugs at certain times of day barely have any now. A lot of the country roads by fields just don't have the insect populations they used to around, I assume due to the massive amount of insecticides they use.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I've never had to deal with swarms of insects splattering against my windshield. We've never had that, here. But a few here and there every time I drive.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    We have some roads that pass next to woods and other shady areas where insects like to group up for mating/feeding/whatever else bugs do in a group and passing through them at the right times would mean stopping by a gas station shortly after to clean them off. I avoided those areas entirely during certain parts of the year when riding a bike, because it is way worse without a windshield!

    Now those areas barely have anything at all.

    I also miss the large numbers of lightning bugs that used to hang out in our back yard. A couple dozen is a lot less fun to watch compared to hundreds.

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