“Insects are not optional; they are the little things that run the world and if they were to disappear, humans would last but a few months,” says University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy

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1. Knowable Magazine (knowablemag@mstdn.science)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 07:59:39 JST Knowable Magazine

   The insects in the spotlight this year were bedbugs, which ravaged first Paris (during Fashion Week, no less) and then Asia. But buggy concerns go far beyond this.

   While pests are spreading and making pests of themselves, there’s a parallel problem of insect decline (sometimes called the “insect apocalypse”).

   Learn more about insect invaders and other major science news from 2023: https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2023/top-scientific-news-and-breakthroughs-of-2023?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=graphic&utm_campaign=originals

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