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the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds developed a splatometer for insect analysis. Which is a post card-sized piece of plastic attached to a car that catches bugs as one drives.

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Fun Fact: the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds developed a ‘splatometer’ for insect analysis. Which is a post card-sized piece of plastic attached to a car that catches bugs as one drives.

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