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- Insects are super diverse, and understanding them is really important for how ecosystems work.
- People who study insects, like scientists and naturalists, are starting to share their knowledge with more people outside their field.
- Involving regular people in insect research can help us save insects and learn even more about them!
Article Abstract
The diversity of insects is tremendous and so is the effort needed to assess it in order to better understand insect ecology as well as their role for the functioning of ecosystems. While the interest of academics and naturalists for these species has always existed, it is only recently that such interest started to reach society more generally. From insect taxonomy and distribution to the collection of large range and long scale monitoring data, the involvement of non-academics in research outputs is growing. Is this a sign of scientists not being able to meet expectations or of science getting more and more entrenched in society? We argue for the latter, highlighting the opportunities that such involvement of amateurs in insect science represent for insect conservation.
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