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Subject: Re: lack of insect singing in upper midwest of US
From: "Gianni Pavan" gpavan1960
Date: Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:45 pm ((PDT))
silent nights due to pesticides ? nothing new, we have to remember the book
"silent springs" written by Rachel Carlson in 1962 !

Gianni


2014-07-18 22:12 GMT+02:00  [naturerecordists] <
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> > Have others in the upper midwest US noticed almost no insect singing
> this summer?
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> Rob,
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> Here's an article by the environmentalist George Monbiot:
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> http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/05/neonicot=
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> ids-ddt-pesticides-nature
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> He suggests that the widespread use of these pesticides is having a
> worldwide effect on insects and insectivores.
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> David Brinicombe
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