There has been a decline in the UK's bug population A survey called Bugs Matter by Buglife was conducted between 2021-2025. People were asked to clean their car number plates before a journey, take a photo of the plate and then take another afterwards, as well as counting the number of bugs killed.
There has been a decline in the UK's bug population A survey called Bugs Matter by Buglife was conducted between 2021-2025.
People were asked to clean their car number plates before a journey, take a photo of the plate and then take another afterwards, as well as counting the number of bugs killed.
The survey found that in this period of time, the number of flying insects had declined by 60%.
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There has been a decline in the UK's bug population A survey called Bugs Matter by Buglife was conducted between 2021-2025. People were asked to clean their car number plates before a journey, take a photo of the plate and then take another afterwards, as well as counting the number of bugs killed. The survey found that in this period of time, the number of flying insects had declined by 60%.
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