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A grid used to measure bug splats on cars is seen on a license plate. Photo Courtesy of Bugs Matter
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Paul Hetherington remembers having to stop to squeegee off the car windshield during long car rides with his parents in the United Kingdom 30 or 40 years ago. It was always coated with squashed bugs.
Now Hetherington doesn’t notice many bugs on the windshield, and he’s not the only one: Many Brits say they’ve noticed fewer bugs obstructing their view while driving. Hetherington, director of fundraising and communications at Buglife, and his colleagues at the British invertebrate conservation group, have started a new, app-based citizen science project to find out if these