Insects are the most numerous and widespread class in the animal kingdom, accounting for up to 90% of all animal species. In the 2010s, reports emerged about the widespread decline in populations acro
A 1902 illustration of a Rocky Mountain locust. These insects were seen in swarms estimated at over 10 trillion members as late as 1875. Soon after, their population rapidly declined, with the last recorded sighting in 1902, and the species formally declared extinct in 2014.
Malaise traps in German nature reserves
Except for taxa regarded as beneficial or charismatic, such as the pictured dragonfly, there is relatively little population decline data available for specific insect species.
Bug splats, New South Wales, 2009
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A wildflower strip is a section of land set aside to grow wildflowers. These can be at the edge of a field to mitigate agricultural intensification and monoculture; along road medians and verges; or i
A wildflower strip at Pensthorpe
A flowering strip with cornflower dominance between cereal fields as a field trial in Germany.