@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-06-07 15:54 UTC
We need more articles in nature and conservation magazines about the evils of bug zappers. Americans still think they work and seem to be OK with the billions of innocent insects that are killed each year. Moth people, I'm looking at you. #BugZappers #moths #lepidoptera #insects #mothing #entomology
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@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks 2026-06-07 16:07
We also need bird organizations to come out against bug zappers. Because when billions of insects are electrocuted there's less food available. And you could use an illustration of begging chicks in a nest near a glowing bug zapper surrounded by moths (make the parent birds emaciated and worried). That graphic would go viral. #birds #insects #birding
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@Florapis@toot.wales 2026-06-07 16:11
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks meanwhile over here we have the organisation who are supposed to support nature giving out hornet traps because of the concern about asian hornets. I'd bet 100,000 innocent insects get trapped for every asian hornet.