Insect collecting Insect collecting has left traces in European cultural history, literature and songs (e.g., Georges Brassens's "La chasse aux papillons" ("The Hunt for Butterflies")). The practice is still widespread in many countries, and is particularly common among Japanese youths. Insects are passively caught using funnels, pitfall traps, bottle traps, malaise traps, flight interception traps and other passive types of insect traps, some of which are baited with small bits of sweet foods (such as honey). Different designs of ultraviolet light traps such as the Robinson trap are also used by entomologists for collecting nocturnal insects (especially moths) during faunistic survey studies.
Serial comma "against" consistent use of the serial comma: Many sources are against both systematic use and systematic avoidance of the serial comma, making recommendations in a more nuanced way (see Usage and subsequent sections). The style that always uses the serial comma may be less likely to result in ambiguity. Consider this apocryphal book dedication: There is ambiguity about the writer's parentage, because "Ayn Rand and God" can be read as in apposition to "my parents", leading the reader to believe that the writer claims Ayn Rand and God are the parents. A comma before "and" removes the ambiguity: But lists