Bushfires can devastate some insect populations

’m not likely to forget February 13th 2024. It was the day a bushfire descended on my local town of Pomonal, destroyed 45 homes, many sheds and other structures, kilometres of fencing, and over 2700 hectares of bushland and private land. Luckily, our house survived but everything else was burnt, including the fruit and vegetable garden which has inspired many Pest Files. The house now sits in the middle of a blackened block.