You’re Not Crazy. The Bugs Are Disappearing.
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You’re not crazy. There really aren’t as many bugs as there used to be. And it’s kind-of a big problem. But is it an apocalypse? Let’s take a look.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Intro
2:26 – Why It Matters
7:31 – What’s Causing It
11:33 – The Sixth Extinction
16:12 – Reasons For Hope
17:24 – Sponsor – Nebula
@thomasbest8599
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
In the early 70s we sometimes looked into the darkness and saw many fire flies . Being into marvel comics. We imagined it to be a jack Kirby “ cosmic war “ scene .
@dv8ug
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
It must be something much more sinister. It is not 2 or 6 percent year to year. It looks like over here the insects are GONE! Nothing is flying around my garden lights! That is scary!!!
@Reapunzil
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
6:45 you are forgetting the beavers, thats the main reason the water recovered in the valleys of yellowstone
@DennisKurama
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Ticks, mosquitoes and wasps. There's no valid reason for why we would keep these.
@bandobabyhovmtv
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Bro I’m here in Germany & every summer now I’m wondering where are the wasps , the bees, the flies??? I don’t see hardly any bugs anymore it’s actually crazy
@adamc1966
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I live in California and yep its true 👍💯
@ahiru2722
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
As a person who has just dealt with a minor Bedbug infestion my answer is they can leave, We don't need their annoying presence
@bandhallmafia421
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I moved out to san marcos for college and i see fireflies all the time in my backyard! They are coming back
@Mandoslicer
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I live in Asheville, NC. If it’s any consolation, the fireflies/Lightening Bugs have been amazing this year. We also have the blue ghost variety right up the hill. I felt the same way as you until this year. I need to find out why they are so prolific this year.
@uncle-epicurus
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
We've definitely had a 50% drop in Beatles. Ringo was actually the oldest, but he's still hanging in there.
@originalsteveo
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Also, tbf, I can be crazy and also acknowledge the bugs are dying
@marbleclayy
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
mosquitoes have been found in iceland, though
@nondescript5225
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I've seen two flies this year. And NO June bugs
@livinganunlivedlife
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Blame agricultural chemicals … in Australia we rarely see Christmas beetles or Bogong moths anymore, whereas when I was a kid 60 years ago there were plagues of them every summer.
@Pro7Sauce
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I suppose we are probably not far behind them…
@mark-p4j4p
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I grew up i the 70s and I remember bug encrusted cars. they did cover damn near everything. that was why every gas station had that free wiper .. all those damn bugs
@ericbray4286
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Those little black flies he refers to often called horse flies used to be all over the place in the alpine PNW, now not so much.
@tedrow70
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Plenty of flies/ fireflies where I am in NYS!
@sonsofishrael
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Iowa here. Virtually no bugs except for an occasional fly. Think it's all by accident? Think again and then real eyes the next outcome.
@fubartotale3389
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
I’ve been noticing this for years, my daughter was going to school at U of Michigan and we would make the drive from Chicago in the dead of summer quite often.
This trip is through largely rural areas for long stretches and I would find maybe a dozen or less squashed bugs on the front of my car.
Back in the 50’s and 60’s we would drive from Chicago up to my grandparents house in the chain o lakes region of northern Illinois a much shorter distance, and afterwards the car would be coated with bugs.
I cannot believe that this video is the first time I have heard anyone talking about this.
@shugadaddy4841
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
@18:00 I am definitely not going to Canada
@larapalma3744
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
Bees!!!! 😢
@larapalma3744
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
THAT'S fucking terrifying
@JenniferOrnduff
June 20, 2026 at 8:40 am
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