this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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Since 1990, 90% of the insexts dissapeared. So yeah let exterminate more.
Source?
90% PERCENT OF THE INSEXTS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations#:~:text=While%20some%20species%20such%20as,0.9%20to%202.5%25%20per%20year.
Not exactly how OP put it, but still pretty alarming stuff here
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/
Bonus doom & gloom
That sounds odd to me, since that's about when the DDT ban was really going into force worldwide. The resurgence of bedbugs in the US has been linked to our no longer using DDT.