May be related to general shifts in arthropod world, related to climate, deforestation, and insect decline, as well as increased world travel, as generic-name above mentioned. If some insects that are scarce aren’t around to fill a niche in the ecosystem, someone else fills in and becomes more prominent. Also, social media and everyone having a camera in their pocket helps. Fifteen years ago and earlier, it was a bar conversation: “I saw a scorpion/spider, it was 15 inches long!” which triggers no follow up, whereas now it’s a world wide web picture with the caption “wtf is this?”, and you can chat with arachno fans/experts on multiple continents who recognize it quickly. The Great Insect Die-Off | A World Unseen: the diversity of life
