As well the migration of flies from the bush, we can welcome swarms of butterflies, shiny Christmas beetles and ladybirds
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Global heating, pesticides and habitat loss are devastating insect populations – but in Australia we’re already seeing summer bug eruptions, both wanted and unwanted.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range forecast is for a warmer and wetter than usual summer for most of the country, an ideal environment for many insect species.
