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The End Is Not Near, But If An 'Insect Apocalypse' Ever Happens, How Would We Know?

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The Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, once found throughout grasslands in the Pacific Northwest, was listed as endangered in 2013. Categories. Many scientists are currently analyzing the roles that climate change , land use , chemical pesticides and other factors have played in reported declines in many insect species.