Researchers who set out to test the widespread theory that the UK is experiencing an alarming plunge in Insect numbers have found no evidence For "insect Armageddon." The large emerald (Geometra papilionaria). These moths feed on birch trees, which are very sensitive to dry conditions and drought [Credit: Dr Callum Macgregor]Instead, the researchers from the University of York found peaks and troughs in moth populations over a period...

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