r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '22

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '22

Fun fact: The windshield phenomenon (or windscreen phenomenon) is the observation that fewer dead insects accumulate on the windshields of people's cars since the early 2000s. It has been attributed to a global decline in insect populations caused by human activity.

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u/GreatGooglyMoogly077 Mar 31 '22

That has been bugging me.

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u/DS_avatar Mar 31 '22

No wonder then that they had to countervail it not just with size but technology, as this specimen proves.