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When we were weighing and measuring all the fish in our oil spill study, we took note of the lack of insects, which we attributed to the lack of local rainfall. It's good to know that there is an alternate explanation with some science behind it.
Here is the professor
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/commun...rs/LHooper.htm
She was also looking at ants on the beach at Grand Isle and she was having problems finding ants
after the spill and after the cleanup, suggesting there was something going on that we couldn't see. This was last August when she spoke so she probably has much more info now.