昆蟲佔全球物種的2/3。因受各種人為因素如城市發展、農業集約、入侵物種、化學物質污染等所威脅，牠們於過去40年有40%的物種面臨滅絕，每年有1%絕種。這些昆蟲是眾多動物的糧食，牠們極速的消失對食物鏈及生態平衡造成災難性的影響。
2/3 of all species on earth are insects. They are threatened by different human factors such as urbanization, intensive agriculture, invasive species, chemical pollutions, etc.. in the past 40 years, over 40% of insect are threatened with extinction, and 1% went extinct each year. Insects are important food sources for many other animals, and they are disappearing in an extremely fast rates, creating serious impact to the food chain and ecological balance.
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-insect-apocalypse-german-bug-watchers.html
