These Insects Will End All of Humanity 

I used to see so many different species insects when I was a kid (Lady Bugs, Grasshoppers, bees, beetles, Praying Mantises, etc). Now as an adult living in the same area the only ones I ever see are occasional houseflys, mosquitoes, black ants, and wasps.

l remember as a kid in the 70s going on vacation with my parents & sister. There were *WAY* more bugs smashed onto the windshield of our vehicle back then in a single day or night than happens nowadays driving the same stretch of highway. You hardly hit any insects now.

The decrease of native bees is far more of a concern than the decrease of European honeybees. Also, native bees are much more efficient at pollination than the honeybee

The Infographics Team's upload shcedule is insane. They deserve their 11m subs

Insects: *survive through several mass extinction events for hundreds of millions of years* Humanity: "hold my coffee"

I used to ride my 3 wheeler with no helmet (80s kid here) and would come home with bruises on my face from bugs/grasshoppers hitting my face. That’s was around 1984-85. Now I’m driving to work and back and can’t remember the last time I had bugs smeared on my windshield. I never really thought about it until seeing this video.

When it comes to bees a lot of the hype doesn't take into account that bees used in industrial agriculture are treated poorly. Small scale beekeepers who learn from others and don't move around bees to pesticide-ridden orchards find their bees are much happier.

Great choice of thumbnail

Im Austin 2 years ago there were scores of dead crickets everywhere. Inside buildings, houses, side if the road you name it. No one could explain why. I never seen so many dead bugs in one time in my life.

Ahh there's the depression I was missing today.

The issue with declining insect populations is the same with climate shifts/change, there is a far too large portion of humans who LIKE it because it's more comfortable for them. I've had several people who say things like 'it's good that winters are FAR more mild and there isn't snowfall, I hate snow and am happy to see it go' same here, 'it's good these bugs are gone, they were annoying and now I don't have to use bug repellent and my windshields have never been cleaner'.

I noticed this too. I used to live in Mexico until 2018. I have always had problems with huge amounts of insects getting into my home. It was just part of normal life. Then I moved to PA and immediately noticed that there were almost no insects anywhere. So I grew accostumed to the whole no insect thing. I returned to my home in Mexico after that, but something has been weird since. I first noticed we didn't have insects when I rejoiced at the fact that I hadn't seen a centipede (fairly dangerous here) all year, then it hit me... there are pretty much no insects anymore, and I live in an area that people could call "rural."

IGS you've just gone to another level with the great insect animation in this video, well done. 🦋🐝

In Georgia,the lighting bugs are disappearing in mass. As a kids during the 1970's them bugs was everywhere. Now I haven't seen them in decades.

In my country, we use to see hundreds of beatles during april and may, when the rain season starts... Now its hard to fine 2 or 3 flying around...

There are no more love bugs in Fort Lauderdale florida anymore! I remember riding my bike up the big las olas draw bridge here 7 or so years ago and having them land everywhere and they’d just be on top of eachother “doing their thing” mid flight, now since the theirs a new building popping up every single week, I haven’t seen one in years. Same thing for mosquitos oddly enough.

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I have noticed a decrease in mosquitos. When I was 6 I would come back with 40 mosquito bites at the very least. And I don't care what the consequences are if they are gone then good. Same go for nats and flys

I’ve never been so happy to see a moth outside

I knew it! I knew it was simply a matter of time before insects would take over the world. My mother actually bought bees, & had my father build her honey bee hives, however she didn’t have em very long. They went to the neighbors hives & decided to live there & just abandoned their hives in my parents yard. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I am also noticing this for last 10 years reduction of butterfly and 90% reduction of fireflies in my area along with absolute absence of sparrows and I live close to a wildlife biosphere which is also a tiger reserve. When I was little some 20 years ago we had a very big groups of vultures but now not a single one can be seen. We are destroying our planet at much higher rate then it can repair itself.

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I noticed about 10 years ago that 80% of the fireflies were gone in my yard. I lived right in front of a corn field, and at night in the summer, the whole yard would be amazingly lit with hundreds of fire flies. Now I only ever see a twinkle here or there. Very sad.

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Near the house window (in a city) Around the park (in a city) Near cars lights (in a city) On the windshiled while driving (in a city) In the fields (near the city) Oh god: I wonder why but mostly WHERE the insects are disappearing!

Less Trees = Less Oxygen Less Oxygen = Lower insect size Lower insect size = Lower lifespan of an insect

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When I was a kid in the 90s my sister would catch fireflies in a jar with hose poked in the lid so that I could see them up close. Apparently the trees outside our house used to look like they had Christmas lights on them there were so many of them

When I was a kid I remember there was insects everywhere it felt like. Nowadays you have to go search for an hour.

I've always been a huge fan of insects. And hearing this just makes me so sad! When I think of living without fruits and vegetables...that sounds so depressing. People need to stop looking at or hearing about insects and just straight up say that they are demons and all deserve to die! Because they don't! I hope that more people will actually decide to listen and become more aware of this so we can help insects and stop treating them so terribly! Thanks for making this video. I love it when people tell others about these things that need to be known about. :)

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💖👍Great job laying out the "BUTTERFLY-EFFECT...No pun intended"!!💖👍

To BEE or NOT to BEE ... that is the question.....

That Danish guy reminds me of the great Monarch Migrations. As a kid, we would study them and grow our own catapillars in class, to assist in increasing the population. We used to get a seriously inhibiting mass of Monarch Butterflies, just cruising around town for a week or two. Soo massive, you could no joke catch hundreds with a single swipe of a net. And now I don't remember the last time I've even seen a single Monarch Butterfly. They've just upped and gone as far as I'm concerned, it just seems weird.

Love the Indiana Jones 4 referenence in the thumbnail

I have noticed the lack of fireflies that always use to be out there in the yard, in the summertime at dusk.

I feel like Insects will never go away since apparently there are 3 million per person

Info Show: all insects will die Roaches: no i don't think so

I think the real irony is that WE’VE became the insects

I feel like the insects have just moved to more rural areas. I live in the desert and yearly we get huge swarms of grasshoppers and we consistently have insects. They have just migrated out of more urban areas in search of a more forgiving environment

Well where I live there is a ton of insects. Live in MN, we were the first to create national parks. Granted you use to see ginormous swarms that sounded like tornadoes of insects, such as mayflies, you'd use to see over the lakes. Those swarms I won't deny, have gotten a ton smaller and rarer to spot.

How people imagine insect Appocalypse : *Insect invade human, and eating all food supply, the wasp become giant, and Butterfly become carnivorus* How it actually is : *Insect disappear*

Great video, love the content. However you do realize that Canada AND Mexico are part of North America too right?

Seeing the path the world is going in I don't even want to think of the kind of world my future kids will be living in or if there will even be one at all

I never burned ants under a magnifying glass during my childhood.

I like your videos, the problem is that they are very long for small questions or stories that sometimes , because of the duration of the video, I get bored

Can you do one on Timbuktu..... or the Oldest University in the World....

When my dad first bought his Miata about 10 years ago, he took it out for a drive through farm land and the windheild got plastered with lightning bugs. Now, I barley even see them during the summer night. They're still around but no where near as many as I remember..and that was only 10 years ago!

Haven't seen much lighting bugs or mosquitos here in NYC. I haven't seen many since 2019. Kind of sad tbh , minus the mosquitos.

I'd do without mosquitoes or black flies. I'm here in Canada on the very Eastern edge. It's called Cape Breton Island. There are trees as far as the eye can see. Tons of insects... when I'm in Toronto not 1 bug on my windshield. In Cape Breton, insects all over windshield.. Ge8 documentary as always.

3:02 man, mexico and canada are also from north america, i know its a drawing but im already sated

this guy tryna scare me into not killing the housefly

I just got certified for pest control last week. I’ll handle this😎

Dunno about other areas, but where I live here in jolly ol' England, there's bugs everywhere, even those clouds of flies that make you close your mouth so you don't have an unintentional protein snack....... :S

And this is why the stock market for vertical farming is severely undervalued so far I wouldn't care about less insects honestly. As long as there's an alternative which there is

I'm no tree hugger, but I have common sense. We need bees. I was born in the early 70's. I remember seeing swarms of bees during the spring and summer time. Butterflies everywhere. I haven't seen a swarm of bees in over ten years. I try to buy organic when I can for myself and my family. Organic prices have really come down over the years. I still think we need to stop all the chemicals on our crops. When I had my vegetable garden, I ordered a ton, not actually a ton, but a bunch of praying mantis pods along with ladybugs to guard my plants. The praying mantis would take care of the cut worms for my tomatoes and other plants. The ladybugs would take care of the aphids. Bugs are good if managed in a good way. Make them work for you. I'd have an urban hive if I could, however my wife is deathly allergic to bees.

As some one who hates insect's this is great news. But as a smart man this smells doom for us

That thumbnail reminds me of Bloodborne. The Hunter sitting in a chair.

The Windshield theory could just be because cars are more Aerodynamic than in the past.

regardless of what type of insects become extinct,Mosquitoes will still be thriving!

I also noticed this in the Caribbean ...I thought it was just me

*These Insects Will End All of Humanity* *Proceeds to tell us how these insects are what keeps humanity going.*

3:00 *Canada:* 👁👄👁

Same in central Pennsylvania. I don't see or encounter half the bugs I did as a teen n young adult riding thousands of miles on my bicycle through the area

Human extinction's possibility just keep increasing...

They should visit Louisiana. No short of bugs here

I wonder how we are supposed to help. We need this out there but we also need solutions

I was concerned when you said insects are disappearing. I am panicking now when you said NO COFFEE!

Yea it's scary to think about if bees all died out I hope things get better and great video like always

if u see a roach in the house now u have to let him eat with y'all and let him live lol

Me: Watched Peacemaker Also Me: Sees a Butterfly Also Also Me: Poops Pants

If it was only mosquitos that gone extinct i would dance and sing for a long time

oh no the ants will be like super deadly ants like in the movie

And yet somehow they’re still gonna find their way into my room and be staring at me while I’m sleeping

The Best Info Show so far :)

when i was a kid the parks used too have alot of ducks at certain times of the year but now we get like 2 or 3

This is really good and well made its just 3:00 yes All OF NOTH AMERICA

Hmm , the world would be fine without us .

I definitely DO love my tea. It’s the only thing I can drink that will actually quench my thirst. $19 an hour in China?! That’s actually quite high for a job in a country such as China.

It's so sad humans never learn and by the time they do it's too late!! I find dead bees and butterfly's all the time hundreds

I don’t see grasshoppers like I did growing up. Pet rate to see butterflies too. In West Tennessee.

Good, now I can eat in peace without a house of bugs swarming me

I like the Indiana Jones Thumbnail

I live in South Carolina right beside a swamp I have not noticed any change in insects It seems like there may be more

Monsanto you monster!

i love the Indiana jones thumbnail lol

Calling bullbutter during summer I was on a run and had to close mouth, insects everywhere

If you pull bricks from the foundation to build up it's only a matter of time until it all comes crumbling down.

Get loads of ladybirds, harlequins and spiders in our house, and a lot of wasps too during summer to the point they are just frustrating with the tapping sound they make when running into the light 😑 Don't mind the spiders though 👌

Just like that one SCP story

I live in a small village in Greece and the insect apocalypse hasn't happened much in my life

There used to be tons of butterflies in my yard now im lucky if i get to see just one

Here's an idea, what if Dinosaur's coexisted with humans??

No shortage of flies in Australia mate.but shortage of guns thou.

It is awesome to watch infographics show on youtube I like what would happen if you didn't brush you're teeth for 1 week

Growing up in rural KY I remember going through my parents property 18 years ago you would see tons of grass hoppers, mantis, and little leaf hoppers in the recent years I have noticed seeing hardly any.

As a kid, we would go out and catch fireflies and there would be dozens of them. Now, we are lucky to see two or three, if any.