It is not that I'm a huge fan of mosquitos, wasps, flies, bees, bumblebees (they are cool though) etc, but is it only here there has been a distinct lack of them this summer? And I mean ANY of them?
Normally during summers (in my part of Sweden) you need an actual strategy combined with serious preparations to fight off mosquitos and wasps from destroying a BBQ evening, where mosquitos eat you and wasps fly away with your steak.
This year I think I've smashed one unfortunate (desperate?) mosquito who was caught in the act. I have only seen wasps one-at-a-time looking for their mates in a slighly confused state, not the orchestrated and organised food-stealing gangs, with thugs to keep pesky humans away whilst others do the lifting of food.
I mean, if there are no insects to pollinate things and to feed birds, perhaps we should be slightly worried, no?
#insects #summer #mosquitos #wasps
Mathias
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2026-08-07 08:45:32 UTC
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