Many remember driving through local roads 50, 80 and more years ago, and having their windscreen covered in insects.
It doesn’t happen anywhere near that extent these days, which is a common anecdote Macclesfield-based ecologist Darcy Whittaker hears.
“You hear those stories from people a lot older than me – you’d drive around and get bugs all over your windscreen and nowadays, it doesnâ...