GRAPHIC-From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing

For comparison, the human population is growing at slightly less than 1% per year. “Even at the low end of 1% a year, after just 40 years you’re down more than one-third of species and one-third of individuals — a third of the entire tree of life lost,” said Wagner, who led the 2021 metastudy, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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