‘The windscreen phenomenon’ - why your car is no longer covered in dead insects  

The UK Telegraph has an article on the ongoing decimation of insect populations - ‘The windscreen phenomenon’ - why your car is no longer covered in dead insects.

Wildlife experts have been warning about the alarming decline in insects for decades. But the fall in numbers of bugs in Britain has now reached such a troubling extent that even motorists are noticing that their windscreens are clear of squashed flies, gnats, moths and wasps. Where a trip in high summer would once have necessitated taking a squeegee to the front window, now the glass is largely clear, drivers are reporting.

The most recent RSPB State of Nature report, which brings together findings from 50 organisations, suggests there has been a 59 per cent decline in insects in the UK since 1970.