Shocking moment. This is one of the only 4 beetles, which have dwelled in my forest between 15. April and 21. June! Cold or hunger killed this one. Météofrance is telling us, this has been the 4th rainiest Spring on record. But this one came after too many bad breeding seasons and only 2 after the heat dome. Beetles could not breed this year. There will be no ground fauna in 2025. This is it. Soil insects are passing away here.
This plot was created in 2019 for recording insects change with climate change. I never figured out, I would record the very moment of insects disappearing. 1/3
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