| Author |
John E.Losey, Chang Chen, Abby E.Davisa,John F.Deitsch, Johanna G.Gertin, Jacob A.Gorneau, Eve M.Hallock, Juan PabloJordán, Zoe J.Kim,Emma G.Kubinski, Nathan R.Laurenz,Sarah B.Li,Emma K.Mullen,AoifeO’Brien, Leeah I.Richardson, SierraVincent,Steven Y.Wang |
| Description |
Exploitation of insects and spiders through commercialization represents a serious threat to rare species and to common species that provide valuable ecological services. The speed, scope, and anonymity, of online commerce places full monitoring and managing of exploitation beyond the resources available to regulatory agencies. To assess the level of online commerce of insect and spider species and services and to test the feasibility of focused searches by student-specialists to generate “leads” for regulatory agencies to pursue, a group of entomology students lead by entomologists and wildlife biologists performed a directed search for sales of insect and spider species listed on CITES Appendices, the IUCN Red List, and the U.S. Endangered Species List, and species that provide services. |
