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Скільки комах у десяти квадратних метрах лісу? | How Many Insects Live in Ten Square Metres of Forest?

Could ten square metres of tropical forest hold more insects than the people in a large city? That can sound plausible only with a specific definition of area and which tiny arthropods are counted; there is no universal count for an arbitrary patch. One tropical-forest soil study found an average of 262 insects per square metre, while a Borneo canopy study reported about 280 arthropods per square metre of leaf surface. These are different habitats and measurement units, so they do not literally verify the claim about any ten square metres versus all residents of Novosibirsk. The illustration was created with AI; it is not a count or research result.

original AI-generated editorial cutaway of rainforest layers and small arthropods with a distant skyline. Generated for this package on 2026-10-13. No external creator, URL, or third-party license applies; the project may reuse it. It is symbolic, not evidence or a specimen count. Both language versions disclose AI creation.

original AI-generated editorial cutaway of rainforest layers and small arthropods with a distant skyline. Generated for this package on 2026-10-13. No external creator, URL, or third-party license applies; the project may reuse it. It is symbolic, not evidence or a specimen count. Both language versions disclose AI creation.