For the University of Arizona Insect Collection, several million specimens from the southwestern U.S. and around the world just aren’t enough. The department has received two grants totaling more than ...

Thousands of preserved bug specimens from around the world have made their way to UMass Lowell to help enhance the study of insects. Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich is the new ...

Pinned and labeled eastern Hercules beetles are part of the Virginia Tech collection. Virginia Tech entomology professor Paul ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

There are so many insects in the world it’s impossible to comprehend their actual numbers. There are just too many of them! Even if you could picture how many are out there you wouldn’t want to. Their ...

The Universit of Iowa now has an insect collection from Iowa Wesleyan. (UI photo) What may be the largest collection of Iowa insects ever assembled was at risk of being dumped in a dumpster, but it’s ...