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Endangered species, state and federal park rules, habitat preservation and over-collecting issues Laws prohibit collection of animals and plants in many local, state and national parks without a permit. Always request permission from authorities in these potentially regulated areas before collecting. The biggest threat to endangered species is habitat destruction. This can occur naturally such as by wild fires, or result from human activities such as urbanization, agriculture or “parcelization” of land whereby large parcels of land are subdivided for various land use types. Over-collection of insects and their relatives also can deplete local populations, although for most widely-distributed species this has little effect as a possible cause for extinction. Collectors are, however, encouraged to be conservative and not remove more specimens than needed for study. For a listings of threatened and endangered species of arthropods of Texas, see Appendix B and C in A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Drees and Jackman 1998). Links and references: Wildlife
Diversity Program Native Prairies
Association of Texas U. S. Fish & Wildlife
Service (for Texas) Texas Parks
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