Good morning everyone, and welcome back to my site. Thanks to those who have the patience to follow my posts. A warm welcome to those who are here for the first time. A few months ago I read an article related to this topic. Fewer insects, what happens?
As perhaps some of you have seen on this site. Insects are part of the subjects I love to photograph. An integral part of the natural environments I frequent, sometimes happen to find some, and I don’t miss the opportunity to photograph them if I can.
Bees have always fascinated me, and so I have taken hundreds if not thousands of photographs of these little yellow/black insects.
So returning to the article I happened to read, I tried to delve deeper into the topic. In fact there are several articles online related to this specific topic. A simple search with GOOGLE for those interested clarifies the matter and offers you various articles and points of view.
To be honest, I have no experience or expertise regarding this topic. However, I can report what I’ve seen in the field in the last 4 years or so.
I had noticed a decrease, I don’t know how effective, in my area concerning bees. It could be my sensation, because obviously I don’t have scientific instruments to verify this visual sensation.
What I saw in the spring of 2020 in terms of numbers, however, was decidedly different when compared to the springs of subsequent years. At the time of the blooms in the spring months, and still speaking of bees. There was a continuous buzzing and fluttering of small pollinating bees.
In the following years, I’ve not witnessed similar scenes, even in areas other than those I usually frequent for my photographs.
Fewer insects, what happens? – Bee Pollinator
I don’t claim to have any certainties in this sense, they are solely my impressions. Something I had noticed, but not thought about or explored. Reading this article and subsequent others in the following weeks, all in all confirm my personal visual sensations; however absolutely unscientific.
But it’s not just bees that are less present. In fact it seems that all insects in general are in sharp decline.
Butterflies, with their insatiable desire for nectar, play a crucial role as pollinators. Helping plants reproduce and maintain ecosystem balance.
Fewer insects, what happens? – Butterfly Pollinator
Needless to say, this is really serious. If as it really seems, scientific data confirms and/or will confirm the decline in the numbers and species of insects.
Many insects, as you well know, are pollinators. In the absence of pollinators, the possibility for the flora to reproduce is also largely missing. And not only for wild flora, but also for fruit and vegetable crops, garden flowers, etc…
It would be a real and serious problem if this trend were further confirmed. Or it might even make this already serious situation worse.
I’m not a fanatical environmentalist, but the situation seems rather serious to me. I love photographing flora in general, as can be seen from my site. Obviously I’m worried not so much just about the photographs of wild and non-wild flowers, but in general about the economic consequences that this entails.
It is quite easy to imagine the economic consequences of the reduction of insects. The not only environmental problems that this could cause are many, and some I probably can’t even imagine.
I therefore invite you to inform yourself by doing a simple search on the famous search engine. Articles in various languages are easily available, even from reliable sources. Each of you will therefore be able to form your own opinion and evaluate the current situation. I think it is however interesting whether or not you care about the environment and the current related problems.
Each insect, with its unique characteristics, contributes significantly to the balance of nature. The next time you meet one of these little friends, take a moment to appreciate their importance and their role in the intricate dance of life on Earth.
