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There are some poor takes on insect extinction going around. Here’s a thread on the science behind insect extinction and the IUCN Red List, which most people use as the global standard for extinction data #insectconservation 1/... 
Most of this is based on a book chapter I wrote in 2019 with @EntoProf @DavidYeates & @JenniStockan (publication delayed, out soon). We summarised the IUCN listed insects and evidence on insect threats and conservation. NB data were downloaded in April 2019
First, we need to know how the listing process works. No one is being paid FT to assess every species on Earth. Species get listed because experts had time/funding to conduct the lengthy assessment process, and because there was enough data to do the assessment in the first place
