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When it comes to insects, I think your anger is misplaced. Capturing and mounting a specimen hardly makes a dent compared to how many die on car windshields, du
by AlexandrB 4y ago
When it comes to insects, I think your anger is misplaced. Capturing and mounting a specimen hardly makes a dent compared to how many die on car windshields, due to pesticide use, or from loss of habitat. Adult insects also tend to have a short life - for many species only one season.
And in this case the collection was done for a valid scientific purpose, not just for funsies.
- reaperducer 4y agoCapturing and mounting a specimen hardly makes a dent compared to how many die on car windshields Well, the point here is that this was a "rare" insect. Comparing the number of a particular rare insect to the number of common mosquitoes doesn't make sense.
- blendergeek 4y agoAnd when he captured and mounted it, he thought it was a common insect. He only realized it was a rare insect 8 years later.
- sokoloff 4y agoThe predation load on the insect population from all entomologists worldwide is infinitesimal. Capturing and mounting an insect will almost surely not change the course of that species' survival.
- positr0n 4y agoPlus, most insects lay thousands and thousands of eggs. Whatever the carrying capacity of the local environment is, insects will fill it quickly. Pesticide use and loss of habitat make that carrying capacity smaller. Smashing bugs on your car windshield and collecting specimens just makes room for more juvenile bugs to survive to adulthood in a few hours/days.