Photos: Entomology Collection
A look at the University of Arizona's Entomology Department's insect research collection.
Entomology Collection
Gene Hall, Collections Manager at the University of Arizona Department of Entomology's Museum Research Collection, poses in the stacks with a small sampling of the more than 2 million insects in the collection.
Entomology Collection
A sampling of insects from around the world are part of the collection at the University of Arizona Department of Entomology.
Entomology Collection
A detail of a Japanese Giant Hornet and Miniscule Wasps that are displayed on the left edge of the paper triangles at right.
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Gene Hall, examines a specimen to determine what it is. The specimen was sent from Flagstaff where it was found boring holes in the sliver of wood flooring to the left. Part of his job is researching different samples of insects for further study or control.
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Colorful scarab beetles, Chrysina Quetzalcoatli, are part of the collection at the University of Arizona Department of Entomology
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Although these are all scarab beetles, no individual specimen is exactly alike.
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This beetle, part of the research collection at the University of Arizona Department of Entomology was collected in 1959. The collection has insects dating back to the 1880s.
Entomology Collection
Collections Manager Gene Hall has done extensive research on the Feather Winged Beetle. This is a vile full of the insects the size of a comma on this tiny types. They are the smallest of th beetles measuring between 0.25 and 1 mm. There are two between the comma and the 7 on the label as well as several scattered across the label.
Entomology Collection
Gene Hall has done extensive research on the Feather Winged Beetle. This is a drawing of the insect as seen under a microscope. It was given to Hall by his college professor David Maddison.
Entomology Collection
Feather Winged Beetle are the smallest of the beetles measuring between 0.25 and 1 mm. They are displayed on the left tip if the white pieces of paper pinned to the labels indicating their location of collection.
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