College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Entomology

News

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  Skewered caterpillars are examples of 19th century collection methods

  Published on April 22, 2019

  Curators of MSU Entomology’s arthropod research collection have located fragile specimens preserved by the collection’s founder at the turn of the 19th century.

• A taxonomic update of Michigan spiders

  Published on February 20, 2018

  Richard J. Snider's list of spider species found in Michigan has been updated and is available for download.

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  Database of Lepidoptera specimens surpasses 50,000 records

  Published on November 17, 2017

  Database staff in the Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection have spent the past year entering label data from North American butterflies and moths into a multi-organizational database.

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  AJ Cook Arthropod Research Collection part of $3.2 million effort to digitize Lepidoptera specimens

  Published on November 2, 2016

  The National Science Foundation is funding a $3.2 million effort to digitize millions of butterfly and moth specimens within the Lepidoptera of the North American Network.

• Online holdings of the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection have been updated

  Published on February 19, 2016

  An updated database of insect specimens in the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection is now live at Symbiota Collection of Arthropods Network.

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  ARC gets new drawer imaging system

  Published on July 28, 2015

  The long awaited camera robot recently arrived at the ARC in December 2014.

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  Mogens Nielsen Lepidoptera Collection

  Published on July 28, 2015

  Mogen Nielsen's private Lepidoptera collection came to the ARC on April 2, 2014.

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  New Collembola Collection Room

  Published on July 28, 2015

  In April and May of 2015, Room 443 in the Natural Science Building was converted and added to the museum space to house the Collembola collections of Dr. Richard Snider and Kenneth Christiansen.

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  Eric Metzler completes White Sands/Carlsbad Caverns Lepidoptera Surveys

  Published on September 23, 2014

  In 2012, Eric Metzler, Adjunct Curator in the ARC, completed a volunteer study begun in 2007 that was supported by the National Park Service to sample moths from Carlsbad Caverns National Park and White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

• MSU recognizes six CANR faculty and staff members for excellence

  Published on February 12, 2014

  Three faculty members and three staff members from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) were honored for their outstanding contributions to education and research at the annual MSU Awards Convocation on Feb. 11.

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  Ed Voss Collection of Lepidoptera donated to ARC

  Published on August 15, 2012

  Ed Voss, who was most noted for his work as a botanist, passed away earlier this year.

• Les Drew Spider Collection acquired by ARC

  Published on June 29, 2012

  In March of 2013, Dr. Richard Snider was contacted by Mrs. Norma Drew, regarding her late husband’s spider collection.

• Kenneth Christiansen Collembola Collection now part of the ARC

  Published on May 30, 2011

  Through the efforts of Dr. Richard Snider, arrangements had been made to bring the Ken Christiansen Collembola Collection to MSU upon Ken's retirement from Grinnell College in Iowa.

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  Bruce Wilson donation of Lepidoptera to the ARC

  Published on April 28, 2009

  Thanks to the efforts of Mo Nielsen, in April, Mr. Bruce Wilson of Owosso, MI donated his Lepidoptera collection to the ARC.

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  Neil Erickson donation of Lepidoptera to the ARC

  Published on November 20, 2008

  Mr. Neil Erickson of Wittmore, MI, has graciously donated his insect collection to the ARC.