so to sum up, populations of insects that feed on/harm trees are growing and more able to complete their life cycles given the warmer winters. i don't really subscribe to the philosophy of hobbes, but this makes me think of the road and how there were just no more trees. would be a brutish existence indeed never to hear a bird sing again nor find shade beneath the branches of a towering oak.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The birds have started eating the spotted lantern flies where I am, and I’ve seen a wasp trying to lay eggs in one.

Spotted Lantern Flies just haven’t been on the menu, but nature has learned.

I’m hoping all our bug eating friends discover this new banquet

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I see tree of heaven everywhere I go, and I dont understand why there isnt some kind of taskforce to remove it. People have it in their gardens, Everyone should know about the lantern flies by now, why is this tree not being managed!?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago

They’re being managed where I live, but most cities don’t have a forestry service the way mine does.

We pay a ton of taxes to the local municipality but in return get one of the nicest places in the country to live.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 9 points 6 hours ago

Meanwhile this admin seems to be doing everything it can to defund science (amongst everything else).

It seems so bizarre to me to see their swathe of supporters who seem so skeptical and even hostile to science, yet whose lives are utterly chock a block with utilities, luxuries and toys made possible by science.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

bird populations are also soaring

[–] crowcore_explorer@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago

birds have been on the decline for decades.