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marshray · 2012-03-04 19:25:02+00:00

No kidding. He probably could have sold this kind of bug for big $.

rtev | karma 291 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2022-10-26 17:09:15

This is why people sell bugs.

totalZero | karma 6875 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2020-05-31 07:31:24+00:00

That was my first thought too. No wonder he's a full-time bug bounty hunter.

saagarjha | karma 56017 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2019-07-09 02:30:51+00:00

I feel like selling bugs to the highest bidder is usually ethically questionable, no matter how “new” your viewpoint is.

aldousd666 | karma 83 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2023-02-23 07:12:30

Man, he tried so hard to defend that bug.

YeGoblynQueenne | karma 22041 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2023-09-02 09:07:28

This man has no self control. He just had to know. He had. to. know.

So many respects! You'd make an excellent bug hunter, mister.

tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2020-12-12 20:56:27+00:00

There is no market for bugs like these.

blendergeek | karma 3780 | avg karma 5.32 · | 2023-02-28 10:20:03

And when he captured and mounted it, he thought it was a common insect.

He only realized it was a rare insect 8 years later.

ncmncm | karma 13951 | avg karma 1.02 · | 2022-01-23 14:17:45

These beetles are smaller than the eyes of most of the bugs in that vid. He would need better equipment to get these.

fredland | karma 9 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2024-04-04 14:46:33

imagine the other bugs out there just like this that haven’t been found

px43 | karma 2682 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2021-07-07 18:54:44+00:00

Believe me, 90% of people who find bugs for a living are perfectly content with keeping them to themselves and/or selling them privately.

rvba | karma 920 | avg karma 0.77 · | 2024-06-25 21:41:06

Encourages to sell the bugs

toddmorey | karma 4800 | avg karma 5.39 · | 2023-10-10 08:08:47

That bug was a college kid!

TheLilHipster | karma 166 | avg karma 3.19 · | 2016-06-22 04:03:17

It's a bug heirloom.

Oh lord.

acapybara | karma 488 | avg karma 3.61 · | 2023-04-10 17:14:01

That actually sounds like a great business idea.

Bug Hunters

Extremely valuable service. I bet there'd be a lot of demand.

cosmojg | karma 3473 | avg karma 4.3 · | 2023-08-21 01:23:59

In your words, "He found a bug, and made a bunch of noise about it."

jader201 | karma 6978 | avg karma 6.37 · | 2024-03-27 04:35:23

No kidding.

Too bad it wasn’t parasitic butterflies (larva) from the parasitic wasps. That would’ve been epic.

nwah1 | karma 4221 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2017-12-19 17:42:35+00:00

Could've been an insect in the camera.

brown9-2 | karma 15736 | avg karma 3.87 · | 2011-03-23 06:52:38

Depends how costly live bugs are

huhtenberg | karma 19854 | avg karma 3.94 · | 2008-11-13 19:06:26

One man's bug is another man's feature.