...I’ve read most of the comments. The tone is atypical.
I’d noticed the strange decrease in insects a while back
Before it bacame an Internet “Thing”
I’ve assumed it was because of the wide application of Neonicotinoids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid
Are the same politico-scientists who said a few years back that we should all eat insects to “save the earth”? What morons. Always in search of grant money for their ridiculous anti-science. They should be beaten within an inch of their lives with their crappy dissertations and, then. exiled to Pitcairn Island.
The reason no study can make any valid conclusions is that they all look at a single compound.
I’ve been arguing for a few years that things are getting precipitous due to a synergy of effects from multiple sources, including neonicotinoids.
Best advice I have for anyone is eat all organic. Sadly, insects, bees and soil biota will crash before the problem is acknowledged or the causes isolated. Imho