Susannah Wood: Insects in Peril – Why We Should Care and What We Can Do

Date: 04/06/2024
Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

Prometheus moth on spicebush

Sponsored by the Norfolk Conservation Commission, Susannah Wood will give a slide presentation on the importance of insects to our environment. 

While most of us have probably heard or read about efforts to support pollinators such as honey bees, native bees, moths and ants, insects do so much more to keep ecosystems running and vibrant. Whether its beetles that keep us from being smothered in dung, blow flies that break down dead tissue or dragonflies that eat mosquitoes and their larvae, insects are also the underappreciated sanitary engineers and nutrient recyclers of our world. As E.O. Wilson, the renowned biologist, said, “If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.” The bad news is that insects are disappearing at alarming rates around the world. In the last 40 years, it’s estimated that we have lost 50 per cent of the world’s insects while the human population has increased by the same amount. We can do something about it. Work across the globe by naturalists, ecologists and landowners has shown there are ways to greatly slow, and perhaps even reverse, these precipitous declines.

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