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"Spring in Australia has arrived like a celebration. Magpies are warbling in
the morning, wildflowers are bursting open across bushland, and the air is
humming with life as tiny creatures have stirred back into action after the
winter: bees darting between flowers, dragonflies skimming across ponds, and
swarms of flying ants mating.
But we are largely blind to Australia’s insects, and more specifically, what
has happened to them over years and decades. That’s because Australia – despite
having some of the richest insect biodiversity on the planet – doesn’t have
long-term datasets about insects. And because of this, we don’t have a
coordinated way to know whether our native bees, butterflies, or even pest
species are stable, declining, or booming.
But we can all help address this knowledge gap, and now is the perfect time of
the year to do so."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
