We're also in SW OH, on farmland, and last wk I made the same comment to my wife. Have seen a lot fewer june bugs (beetles) for the past few yrs and have seen only 2 or 3 so far this yr. The number of fireflies out at night also seem to be fewer last year and especially so this yr. Number of cicadas has also dropped off past couple of yrs but we haven't yet hit the season for them this year. Skeeters and wasps are about the same as always. We're seeing more & more bumblebees each yr, which is good (true bumbles, not carpenter bees).
Since I was a kid 50 yrs ago, the number of large moths has crashed. It's been about 20 or 30 yrs since I've seen a cecropia or luna at night, used to see them regularly when I was growing up. Used to also see a lot of very large beetles - with pincher mouth parts and such - but it's also rare to see those anymore.
As for ticks, we're seeing about an average year. not the worst I've seen. But, we never ever saw ticks around here until 26 yrs ago and they're thick now in comparison. One bug we've seen a bunch more this yr is deer flies. Dang things are thick in some places around us; DEET keeps them at bay. We and our pup hope their season is over soon. We've also seen way too many of the emerald ash borer.
Hard to figure what might be affecting the bugs. It's not the winters, we used to have lots of bugs even when we had a week+ of -20F in the winter, and as you know, our recent winters have been mild. Over the years, one big change in farming around us is a lot more use of aerial crop spraying, but I can't say that is making the difference.
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