According to ecologists' forecasts, the numbers of many European Lepidoptera, including cabbages, reptiles and
The fact that butterfly numbers are rapidly declining is notonly in the vicinity of cities, but also in untouched corners of nature in the western United States, once again suggests that we cannot assume that nothing threatens the existence of insects where there are no humans. Global warming affects all geographic regions equally.
Matt Forister, professor at the University of Nevada at Reno in the USA
According to the authors of the work, this trend began40 years ago. The peculiarity lies in the fact that the number of butterflies is decreasing both in the vicinity of cities and in untouched corners of nature in the west of the country.
According to Forister, this means that there is a massive threat to the existence of insects, even in places where there are no people.
Scientists plan to continue observations to understand how to save butterflies from complete extinction.
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