To those who wonder whether butterfly wing collages were the main reason for the catastrophic decline in Taiwan's butterflies, exhibition planner and zoological researcher Chan Mei-ling explains that excess harvesting may cause great harm to a species, but overall, it has been environmental destruction from economic growth and land development that is most culpable for this die-off.
對於有人質疑「蝶翅貼畫」是造成台灣蝴蝶浩劫的主因，策展人科博館動物學組副研究員詹美鈴表示，濫捕固然對族群傷害極大，但總體而言，經濟發展和土地開發導致的生態環境破壞才是致命危機。