I am curious how litter such as plastic bags, wrappers etc affect bugs.
In general,when plastic litter decays, it released chemicals that can disrupt natural cellular processes in animals, including bugs. Insects can also easily get trapped inside discarded containers and die Here's one specific case: in Australia, beer bottles can be common litter. There is a species of beetle that mistook the beer bottles for very large sexy female beetles. The beetles tried to mate with the beer bottles more than they tried mating with proper female beetles, and their populations started to decline because not enough males mated with real females.
