• Doomsider@lemmy.world
    421·
    3 days ago

    One day we will tell stories to our children about how bugs used to exist before we destroyed our ecosystem.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    9·
    3 days ago

    This is the last remaining thing I like about places with winter. The bugs have to start over each year so can only get to a certain level.

      • atkion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I realize this has terrible ramifications and indicates the depth of our irresponsibility etc etc, but this is one of the few silver linings to our current dilemma and I will fully allow myself to enjoy it

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 days ago

    As a hiker, I love a good cold run in the winter. A week of temperatures below 10°F (-12°C) will kill the majority of ticks in a region. The colder it gets, the quicker they’ll die.

  • CptEnder@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 days ago

    Fall is BIS. Crisp air. Less people outside. The tree colors make happy chemicals in my brain.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’m in a place with daylight saving time, and when DST ends, the sun is basically only out when I’m working, so I don’t really ever see it, nor do I get to enjoy any time in the sun.

      Once that happens, the happy chemicals get much harder to brain.

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        I vacillated all day on whether I actually wanted to answer this question(?) because if you’re not familiar with the situation, it might be a blissful oblivion. However, if it were me, I’d rather know.

        Among the many other potentially apocalyptic situations going on, insects are dying out. If insects die en masse, especially pollinating ones, our entire ecosystem dies. Which means no food. Even if you exclusively eat meat, your meat eats plants, which require insects.

        Therefore, I wouldn’t mind a few more bugs around so that I could feel confident of continuing to be able to find nutrients.

    • ArtieShaw@fedia.io
      13·
      3 days ago

      Spiders, giant spiders, stink bugs, the new type of stink bugs that somehow look grosser than the regular stink bugs, mice… We’re absolutely at that stage right now.

      Two humans and four half-way competent cats can’t keep up.

      I’ve devised so many stink bug removal devices it’s not even funny. The first was a paper towel tube with a little bag on the other end. Now I’ve got a wide mouth jar with some detergent water in it. A fancy little spoon coaxes them inside. They die quickly.

  • KingJalopy @lemm.ee
    18·
    3 days ago

    They actually just move inside your walls for the most part. Waiting. Plotting. Breeding.

    • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      13·
      3 days ago

      I’m also in PA. The ticks have been horrible this season because it’s not getting cold enough at night to kill them. I’ve never seen this before.