Nightlife wonders

by Kevin T McEneaney

Some insects are more active during night.

There is as much pollination at night

as compared to during daylight hours.

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Nocturnal moths comprise the greatest flights.

Beetles, crickets, thrips, mating fireflies,

and cicadas operate during night.

Our hearing system resembles crickets’!

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Light pollution is another problem.

Nighttime vanity lighting damages

all insects, nearly all migrating birds.

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Some dudes employ night-time electronic

zappers to kill off mosquitoes and flies.

For every eight mosquitos killed at night,

at least ten thousand insects must perish.

Kevin T McEneaney

Author of The Enclosed Garen, Longing, and other books