Good Question JD. NO shortage of insects here in SE WI. I've been watching fire flies every evening all summer... more than we had 20 or 30 years ago. I was thinking just last week how maybe that change is due to less corn rootworm insecticide used here than 30 years ago. Since then soybeans have come into the crop rotation (we don't have rootworms after beans yet here), and BT corn has pretty much eliminated the soil insecticde use. Being they burrow in the ground during a phase of their life, it seemed like a reasonable explanation.
It seems various ag products get blamed for bees- could be, but I'm guessing not all the issue. There was a study done in IN last year that found more lawn pesticides in bee hives than crop stuff, even when the hives were next to a treated field.
Some of the bug loss isn't all bad- we haven't had to spray alfalfa for potato leafhopper in years. It used to be a yearly occurance- sometimes 2x a year. But another observation- they used to always be worst next to a field of beans. Perhaps the beans were a host when the alfalfa was cut. Now, with many beans being treated with Cruiser, etc, no more leaf hoppers in either crop. Just an observation.
Anyway, it seems we have no shortage of horseflies, wasps, etc. We can send some over.
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