A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management ...

Things to remember when considering digital pictures: If insect is found feeding on a plant, correct specimen identification may also require an identification of the plant as well. Here are some ...

CBP at LAX found 37 beetles disguised in snack packaging from Japan worth $1,480, posing a potential threat to U.S.

Recently, the CU Museum of Natural history got a new tool to aid its digitization efforts: a camera and computer setup capable of creating three-dimensional models of insect specimens. This ...

A well-curated collection of local grasshoppers is useful for identification and display. Insect taxonomists often identify species by comparing unknown specimens with identified museum specimens.

The University of Missouri’s Enns Entomology Museum future remains uncertain amid staff changes and program cuts At the ...

Each time Museum entomologist Dr Steen Dupont wanted to compare insect specimens, he faced using expensive and fiddly equipment to repeatedly reposition them so that he could study their details from ...