[LEPS-L:7970] Re: Why collect moths?

[Ron Gatrelle]

1) Who or what is GHG3?
2) For scientific discovery and understanding.
There are many more undescribed moths than butterflies. Without collection
there is no discovery. Without discovery there is no taxonomic
determination. Without this determination there can be no deleniation of
range, hosts, environmental pressure and thus no legal protection.

----- Original Message -----
From: "GHG3" <ghg3 at aol.com>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 7:07 AM
Subject: [LEPS-L:7961] Why collect moths?


> For fun, I want to throw this old question out to all of you, and
challenge you
> to answer in one sentence:  Why collect moths?
>
> If you choose to respond, let's keep the answer nice.  No degrading
comments to
> those who do not collect what you collect.
>
> The best answer I ever got to that question came about 25 years ago, when
I
> invited myself to observe my pediatrician's (Dr. Dave Winter) collection.
He
> was an avid hobbyist, and did not study moths for a living.  So after he
had
> enthusiastically and colorfully explained to me the wonderful diversity in
> moths, I asked him the question that he thought he had already answered:
"Why
> did you choose to collect moths?"
>
> He said:  "Well, I work during the day."
>
>
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