I read the book "Never Home Alone" [1] last year. It's about all the tiny critters that are around us all the time without us noticing them.

One of the things the author mentioned that stuck with me is never to assume that something you find has been documented and studied before. There is a whole lot of world out there, and only so many scientists.

I believe one of the anecdotes he shared during that part was some high school kid that decided they were going to find a new species of insect. They went literally out into their yard and managed to find a novel species of butterfly or something like that.

A very interesting book if anyone was looking for a recommendation.

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39088985-never-home-alon...