The Numbers X 150

[Ron Gatrelle]

The only thing werst then my spellin ist my math. Leroy's The 8.7 million
is for a whole season (year) -- the 9 billion is for just one day (see my
edit below where I put his words in bold).   So 9 would have to be X 150+/-
THUS the measly 8.7 million taken over the course of 150 days is out of a
total of 1 TRILLION 350 BILLION.  Here were I is we-uns calls this a drop
in a rain pond.
Ron

PS.  I only collect about 200 specimens a year - all butterflies except for
about 15 moths.


----- Original Message -----
From: "gwang" <gwang at mb.sympatico.ca>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: The Numbers


> Slight prob. with your math down there.  8.7 million/9 billion =
> 8.7 million/9000 million which is rougly 0.1%, not 'less than one one
> thousandth of a percent'!
>
> Peace,
> Xi Wang
>
> Leptraps at aol.com wrote:
> >

> > I have been told or read that between May 1st and October 31, that
there are over 9 billion butterflies and moths flying about _EVERY DAY_ in
North America (USA & Canada). For the sake of argument (I am sure there
will be some), 9 billion individual butterflies and moths fly every day.
Lepidopterists collect 8.7 million. The percentage is a whooping 0.000966,
or less than one - one thousand of one percent.
> > I was never any good at math. How about it, anyone else want to try the
number game for the overall population.
> >
> > Leroy C. Koehn
> > 202 Redding Road
> > Georgetown, KY
> >       40324-2622
> > "Let's get among them"
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