According to the Turkish edition Milliyet, a tourist from Russia was fined almost a million rubles for three insects caught in the vicinity of Kemer.
Forest protection officers found a Russian collecting insects on the Gedelme plateau near Kemer. He caught rare ant lions with a net, which looked like dragonflies, but with large wings. He placed the three captured individuals in a glass jar.
The violator turned out to be a teacher at the Moscow State University of Forestry and a part-time employee of the Moscow Darwin Museum, who was vacationing in one of the local hotels.
Employees of the Gulluk Mountain National Park (Termessos) seized a net from a scientist, and the insects were released into the wild. The man was charged with violating the law on environmental protection and fined 378,140 Turkish lira (about 990,000 rubles).
The national park reminded that foreigners are prohibited from exporting any species of plants and animals from Turkey without special permission.
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