Are insect species disappearing? Statements about the extinction of insect species created concerns. It has been announced that insects have disappeared due to climate change, pesticides, and invasive species. Scientific studies have shown that 2 percent of insect species in the world disappear for various reasons every year.
In the article published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of the Sciences journal in the USA and contributed by 56 scientists from various parts of the world, it was stated that approximately 2 percent of insect species in the world every year due to climate change, pesticides and invasive species.
Connecticut University entomologist David Wagner stated that different studies have been carried out to determine whether the loss in insect species is greater than that of other species. Of insects; reported that it caused anxiety at the point of extinction due to poisons. Wagner gave an example of the work that was burned. Wagner said honey bees have dropped dramatically due to disease, parasites, pesticides, herbicides and lack of food. Wagner noted that monarch butterflies suffered from nutritional shortages and disappeared as a result of less milkweed depletion due to dry weather caused by climate change in the United States. Entomologist May Berenbaum; He stated that insects are of vital importance for the food chain and natural disposal of waste. Berenbaum also noted that 1 million insect species have been identified so far, and 4 million species have yet to be discovered.
