By Judy Hoy, Stevensville
Recently, there were a few minutes of media given to the extremely alarming findings of scientists regarding the severe declines in insect populations all over the world. It is being called the Insect Armageddon and was said to be extremely alarming. All I heard here in the U.S. was a gigantic yawn and everyone went about their business of looking at their cell phones.
If all the insects go extinct, a lot of fish, nearly all amphibians, most reptiles, nearly all birds (since most birds, even seed eaters, have to feed insects to their hatchlings) and many small and large mammals will be seriously affected or caused to go extinct because of lack of food.
For those of you who care only about money, the insects provide the United States with $57 billion in services to our economy every year.
For those who care about what foods will be available for you, your children and grandchildren, most flowering plants will go extinct if the pollinators go extinct and those are disappearing fast.
In the arguments concerning delisting of grizzlies (in the news lately also), were the present and future lack of insects and the consequent lack of fruiting plants ever considered?
Most importantly to all people everywhere, what do you propose to do when most other animals go extinct because of lack of food? Good luck, to you and your children if you don’t fix this before it is too late.