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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jurek" data-source="post: 3496789" data-attributes="member: 3357">Another 'species' - are they identifiable in non-breeding plumage? ? Sure landmark studies on hybridization and speciation were done on groups from fruit flies to frogs. Actually pheromones of beetles and buzzing sounds of fruitflies are easier to study than songs of birds. This is simply done in the lab. Rather, in insects there is so many undescribed species that there is no big drive to inflate it artificially.</blockquote>