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Re: lack of insect singing in upper midwest of US

Subject: Re: lack of insect singing in upper midwest of US
From: madl74
Date: Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:12 pm ((PDT))
> Have others in the upper midwest US noticed almost no insect singing this=
 summer?

Rob,

Here's an article by the environmentalist George Monbiot:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/05/neonicotin=
o
ids-ddt-pesticides-nature

He suggests that the widespread use of these pesticides is having a
worldwide effect on insects and insectivores.

David Brinicombe








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