Why are some people so okay with killing for personal collections?
All of my collection is from already dead critters. Normally I find them in abandoned webs or if I'm lucky just on the ground. But in online spaces I've observed people talk about just.. grabbing totally fine living creatures and killing them?? Why? If your not contributing to any scientific recourse, why? For a pretty collection? I saw a post asking how to stop butterflies from THRASHING in the freezer.. like.. if its absolutely necessary for conserving a species then fine, but for a hobby? why?
I personally don't buy that the freezer is the most humane way to euthanize invertebrates, sure if its super duper small it would freeze quite fast, but some people are freezing giant bugs!!?? get a regular/large sized ice cube tray and see how long that ice takes to freeze, crushing them is way more humane, of course then you couldn't pin it, that's why I think freezing is only appropriate when its absolutely necessary for research and conserving species.
Also please don't say "they cant feel pain", there is so much coming out about how we have been wrong about creatures capacities. If you have solid proof, then sure, but as far as I'm aware its all based upon loose assumptions
also one of my specimens
