Tag Archives: curation

The samples of autumn

Posted on September 9, 2013 by terry wheeler

Most entomologists in this part of the world do their collecting in summer. There are a few reasons for this: insect diversity and activity peak in the summer months up here in the northern temperate; a lot of economically and … Continue reading →

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From grass to graphs: a fly’s journey. Part 2

Posted on September 13, 2012 by terry wheeler

The first part of this post took us from fieldwork to pinned specimens. After insect specimens are mounted and labelled, the real taxonomic work starts. The Linnean hierarchy (class, order, family, genus, etc.) isn’t just a list of categories to … Continue reading →

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From grass to graphs: a fly’s journey

Posted on September 4, 2012 by terry wheeler

In my last post I talked about the workload in processing and identifying insects in the course of a big ecological project. It occurred to me that some readers may not be aware of the many steps in the process … Continue reading →

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“why so many specimens?”

Posted on October 28, 2011 by terry wheeler

I was giving a tour of the museum last week to some alumni who were back on campus for Homecoming and somebody asked me that question. The Lyman Museum has in the neighborhood of three million specimens, but we have … Continue reading →

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