We live in Sonoma wine country, a rural area that=92s primarily dedicated t=
o organic farming practices, David. So my hunch these changes (here) are so=
mething more climate-related=85at least for the moment.
Bernie
On Aug 9, 2014, at 2:22 PM, [naturerecordists] <naturer=
> wrote:
>> Same here in Michigan ( lower peninsula). Nearly dead silent both night=
and day. Not even field crickets....and even visually few insects. I c=
an walk green fields an barely kick up a grasshopper...light at night have =
very few Insects around them. frightening.
>>
>
> Going back to my original post on this thread, I quoted the environmental=
ist
> George Monbiot in my newspaper who was discussing the recent widespread u=
se
> of nicotinoid pesticides which were also reducing some populations of ben=
ign
> insects, including the use of the pesticides in the original seed which t=
hen
> stayed in the plant.
>
> There have been reports from both Europe and America that bees may have b=
een
> badly affected by these persistent pesticides. In particular oilseed rape=
> may be killing young bees early in the season when they feed on the yello=
w
> flowers. Nicotinoids do not discriminate between good and bad insect
> species. Insectiverous birds are losing their food supply in the nesting=
> season.
>
> It would be interesting to see if the insect population reductions correl=
ate
> with the use of these pesticides. Possibly whole areas, or certain crops=
> were not using nicotinoids and so escape the problem.
>
> David Brinicombe
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