Brits issued with dire warning not to kill wasps or flies that fly indoors this summer

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wasps, flies, bees or even any flying insects at all this summer.As the weather warms up this summer, Brits up and down the country will fling their doors and windows open to let some fresh air in, but flies and winged creatures will flock inside too.It's thought that this summer will see fewer flies and wasps coming inside to buzz around and slap themselves into glass panels in the hopes of returning outdoors.

A new study has shown that the UK's flying insect population has reduced by as much as 60% in the last 20 years. Conservation charities Buglife and the Kent Wildlife Trust are asking members of the public to count the number of insects splattered so they can compare results to a similar study from 2004.

England received a severe decrease in flying bugs, with 65% fewer insects recorded, and Scotland also saw a fall of 28%. Paul Hadaway, director of conservation at Kent Wildlife Trust, said: "The results from the Bugs Matter study should shock and concern us all."We are seeing declines in insects, which reflect the enormous threats and loss of wildlife more broadly across the country."Concerned Hadaway continued: "These declines are happening at an alarming rate and without concerted action to address them we face a stark future.

Insects and pollinators are fundamental to the health of our environment and rural economies."We need action for all our wildlife now by creating more and bigger areas of habitats, providing corridors through the landscape for wildlife and allowing nature space to recover."The National History Museum said that the bleak decline affects "all major groups" of insects and that the next few decades could see "as many as 40% of the world's species" of bees, ants and butterflies extinct.Brits are.