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The 80% insect loss is also documented in protected tropical rainforest, in a country where pesticide use has plummeted.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18222888

Glyphosate is a herbicide. Why blame it when there are dozens of insecticides used in agriculture?

There's recent reporting that Glyphosate affects insect gut bacteria.

https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/Glyphosate-disrup...

I think the larger point being, the more chemicals we insert into the environment without a holistic understanding of their interactions and impact on various ecosystems, the more we run the risk of collateral damage.

...and insects have no interest in plants.

To my understanding, the best guess for tropical biomass loss is the change in temperature. Bugs can't tolerate temperatures beyond a very specific region to which they are adapted to.

That's not to say agricultural chemicals would not play a role in other geographic regions.

What is your reference that glyphosate is more toxic to insects than other pesticides? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Glyphosate_alone