From Science to Status Symbols: Why Antique Insect Collections Can Sell for $20,000

Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...
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'Off-the-shelf' equipment used to digitize insects in 3-D: Model insects useful for studying, sharing specimens

Scientists have developed a cost-effective, off-the-shelf system to obtain natural-color 3-D models of insects. Scientists studying insects rely on collected specimens that are often shared between ...
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DNA From Old Insects: No Need To Destroy The Specimen

Ancient DNA can now be retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens. Ancient DNA can now be retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens.
The State Journal-Register

Digital recording of 7 million insect specimens begins

CHAMPAIGN — A single leafhopper is small, but the task at hand is enormous. Scientists at the Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign, part of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of ...