AIBU to worry that there are no insects in my house tonight?

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The windows have been open all day and this evening; the lights are on, but there is not a single moth or buzzing creature in my house at all.

We've still not mowed after 'no mow May' so there are lots of flowers everywhere, but only a few bees.

Has anyone else found this?

To be fair, I live right next to a river and lots of trees/greenery

Definitely Not as many buzzing insects around this year as usual in my house - East Mids. Also noticed fewer whilst walking along the cliffs in Cornwall last week 😢x my dads pineapple
bush had loads of bees on it yesterday however which is a positive sign I hope but his horses haven’t needed fly spray yet and they are usually covered in the stuff this time of year 😢

We have loads of flies, loads of green insects in the garden but not a massive amount of bees yet but they don’t usually come until our raspberry plants have fruited and they’re nowhere near yet. I think the raspberries are going to be late this year.

Town in rural area, at least 3 moths flew in last night as hall window open and dc left light on.
We had a may bug fly in recently, they are loud!

It is worrying. I have a garden with flowers and stuff yet so far no ladybirds, no hoverflies, rarely a bee or butterfly. So sad and scary.

Plenty in the Essex/greater London border! Literally getting bitten to death every evening as soon as it's past 7pm and daren't even go near a light switch indoors. Happened to leave the tiny extractor light on by mistake last night and the kitchen was full of moths, gnats and daddy long legs type flying things :(

Agree with op. The numbers of insects I see/get in my house are nothing compared to when I was a child and I'm not even 50 yet. Sure I still see them, but the variety and number is far far less.
When the pollinators go we're screwed.

Plenty of insects in and outside our house in Manchester. We had a huge moth the other night roaming around the house! I will say less bees than previous years though, which is worrying. But we have lots of hoverflies and small birds since putting in a little pond

Mine too😭.

Numbers have crashed this year, far far fewer than there should be. So, it begins......

Wasp season soon, I bet they will be still around

Really going to show my ignorance here but we have a yellow flower in the front garden that attracts loads of bees, and a very small white flowering bush thing in the back garden that also gets loads. Few flies, hardly any butterflies. We have a resident bar who seems to return every year so hopefully there’s enough to keep it fed.

Ignorant behaviour, disturbing attitude.

We did return from a few days away to several dead wasps in the house recently.

Mosquitoes bostards have biten me everywhere even my fandango I knew they'd survive anything

We have loads of fruit flies in the kitchen if I leave the door open, they are driving me crazy!

Hate to sound stupid, but why the worry? What does it mean if less bugs?

@Bringonthesunforthewashing

amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/25/the-insect-apocalypse-our-world-will-grind-to-a-halt-without-them

There are fewer insects this year- it’s really worrying. We have a few bees, no butterflies at all.

Loads of spiders here.

As a child in the 1970s we had a special screen for driving in the countryside at night, to protect the windscreen from all the insects. Otherwise you couldn’t see through it.
And yy to a PP who mentioned number plates being covered in splattered insects.
I leave my windows open a few inches at night, no screens. We get the very occasional mosquito. That’s it.

Has anyone done this - cleaned number plate before journey and sent in photo afterwards.
https://www.buglife.org.uk/get-involved/surveys/bugs-matter/

Since reading this thread about a lack of wasps there’s one out by my bloody washing machine. No clean shirts for the kids this week!

plenty of flies and blue bottles up here, don't know what's worse them inside alive or finding them dead's on my window when the cats get them 🤮

There isn't half the flying insects a few decades ago.

Come to mine; they’re all here!