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