Butterfly's and Moth (ers) TV BBC4 7:30

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Originally Posted by djackso

We didn't like the bit were he killed them then cut off their genitals. My other half was disgusted.

I think that it would have been a bit of a cop-out not to have shown that (faked or not); it's what the top men do after all.

[djackso]

I find it very hard to believe there isn't a more scientific way based on DNA. Not that expensive these days. Must be more reliable. Whether the moth needs to die or not.

Oh well, the arguments against will be the expense, esp. the initial outlay designing and testing suitable primers, lack of lab facilities etc, etc.

But I have a feeling the depth of knowledge gained would be vast.