reminds me in an odd way of a vacation my SO and i took a couple of years ago. we rented a small stone house in the remote tuscan hills. it was a beautiful little house in a beautiful area - but one of things that struck us the most, and we both noticed and remarked on it, was the number of bugs. it seemed like there were millions of them. all manner. we talked at that time about the fact it had been a long time since we had seen that many. it didn’t feel good to either of us that we hadn’t. it made something feel very absent and wrong about home.
in that same vein, my SO recently sent me the article linked below, and it struck a chord with me. he’s very keen on harbingers. always looking for the canary in a coal mine. he also has a very dystopian bent to his personality, so he kinda gravitates that way.
it’s a very long read, but if you are like minded, you may be interested.
The Insect Apocalypse is Here (and it doesn’t bode well for us)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html