OSU Triplehorn Insect Collection

Staff on the spotlight: Rosey Frazer writes about her work curating and databasing delicate butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Check it out!

Collaborative Curation Insect curation is an ongoing, collaborative process with many steps. One of the projects I’ve been working on recently, a group of Lycaenid butterflies, had specimens at several different points i…

Cole Knaus writes about the use of insect collections specimens for his research on the conservation of endangered bumble bee species. Check it out!

From the Collection to Conservation: Using Bumble Bee Specimens to Find Potential Reintroduction Sites for an Endangered Species Bumble bees are important pollinators of native plants and several crops like blueberries and tomatoes. Beyond their ecological importance, I would argue they garner intrinsic value for their fuzzy…

In her blog post, Adelaine Muth gives us an artists's perspective of the work involved in insect collection curation. Check it out!

The only stillness in the collection is the specimen When I reached out to Dr. Musetti about a possible internship at the Triplehorn Insect Collection over the summer I was looking to understand how the system of a collection works. I am going into m…

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Robber flies are exceptional hunters. Some specimens in our collection were caught still holding their prey and, in those cases, hunter & prey specimens were pinned together.

Check out this stunning Harlequin beetle specimen from our collection! 💓