Study: Pesticide-Intensive Orchards Create “Ecological Traps” for Pollinators, Reducing Insect Abundance by 68%
A study published July 9, 2026 in PLOS One found that apple orchards using calendar-based pesticide applications in the Kashmir Valley, India, reduced insect abundance by 68 percent and species richness by 55 percent compared with adjacent pesticide-free cemeteries. Researchers described the orchards as “ecological traps” that attract insects but then expose them to sublethal and lethal pesticide effects, collapsing plant-pollinator networks.
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