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Capturing 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. Compa
by reaperducer 4y ago
Capturing 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.