[Odonata-l] Collecting was not the problems

Joshua Rose opihi at rgv.rr.com
Mon Jun 29 10:35:34 PDT 2009


On Jun 29, 2009, at 7:02 AM, Bob Glotzhober wrote:
>
> Many people seem to be getting more and more negative on collecting  
> insects. I’m sure there may be some isolated cases where this can be  
> a problem, but again and again we see that insects that produce  
> hundreds or even thousands of eggs are not normally negatively  
> affected by collecting – but by habitat loss or change.
>

I am still somewhat mystified but very glad that the odonate-watchers  
and odonate collectors are still so united with each other. The  
animosity between watchers and collectors in the world of butterflies  
is so intense that I'm tempted to write a movie script...

Josh Rose,
McAllen TX

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