How come when there’s a tumblr post about the conservation of any other animals it seems like almost everyone is on board but if there’s a post about insects being important there’s almost always discourse on it like “people are caring more about BUGS than about [some sort of other issue]!!!!!”
For one thing, people can care about multiple things at once.
For another, we literally cannot live without insects and despite their image as super-survivors a combination of pesticides, fertilizers and climate change over the course of only the last few years have plummeted their populations by up to half in some places including the tropical rainforests.
It IS critically necessary to make our civilization more bug-friendly if we care even remotely about the environment and that does have to include a more positive overall image of them because their reputation as gross vermin makes it far more difficult to get ANYTHING done towards their conservation.
ifesbob 