Commercial collector selling rare butterfly specimens on eBay

Quite frankly, this is extremely common. And… law enforcement usually doesn’t do anything because these species are not ‘protected’ and it is not known where they came from (i.e. from a State Park would be a crime). I have been watching this happen to herps for a very long time - reporting to officials when possible, but usually nothing happens there - butterflies are a large hobby so this is very understandable.

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