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.

and evolutionary history of insects, arachnids, and myriapods. The collections are world-wide in scope and include large holdings of medically and agriculturally important species making parts of the ...

Another major threat to these beetles comes from humans’ fascination with collecting rare insects. Goliath beetles are highly prized among collectors and can fetch high prices on the ...

The collection began under Drs ... Diplura and Lepidoptera orders and found in the Southwest and Mexico. Each insect is then categorized by family, genus, and, of course, species, and is available ...

Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) insect collection of 4,000 insects, includes butterflies, flies, bugs and moths. The Banks and Sloane collections are the only two collections maintained separately ...

We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the ...