Insect numbers are down where I live especially butterflies.
Cicadas abundant after 17 years in bunker, fireflies pretty good. Dragonflies fewer. Carpenter bees insanely present.
Tree frogs up.
What eats Carpenter Bees?
THey must leave a very strong scent.
I can kill off the males that hover and another one zooms in.
Come back to the same area every year to try to gnaw on my porch.
Some of those little house catchers work great..others not so much.
I’ve noticed a decrease in fireflies & butterflies. For a while last year I saw a lot of wildlife coming into town (perhaps due to lower human activity viz. the lockdowns?).
Anyway - this year the ants, however, are coming on strong (cue the “marching” song). Same for carpenter bees.