14 February 2013 Last updated at 19:19 ET
The bug-hunters discovering new species in their spare time
By Ari Daniel Shapiro
PRI's The World, Mercantour, France
Everyone knows there are lots of species yet to be discovered in rainforests and remote parts of the world. But hundreds are being discovered every year in Europe too - most of them by amateurs.
"If you want to find something new, you have to go to a place nobody has been before," says Jean-Michel Lemaire.
"You have to open your eyes."
Lemaire is a retired mathematician from south-east France with a passion for beetles.
In the last few years, Lemaire has found seven new species.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21458463
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New species are still being discovered, by amateurs
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