BRITS are being warned not to kill flies, wasps and bees this summer as numbers rapidly decline. Flying insect numbers have plunged by 65 per cent in England over the last 20 years, a new study has…
BRITS are being warned not to kill flies, wasps and bees this summer as numbers rapidly decline.
Flying insect numbers have plunged by 65 per cent in England over the last 20 years, a new study has shown.Members of the public were asked by Buglife and the Kent Wildlife Trust to count the number of insects splatted against the number plates on their cars.The conservation charities found counts were down the most in England, where 65 per cent fewer insects were recorded, and the least in Scotland, which recorded a 28 per cent fall.
Paul Hadaway, the director of conservation at Kent Wildlife Trust, said: "The results from the Bugs Matter study should shock and concern us all.
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