The Purdue Entomological Research Collection is the largest collection of insects in Indiana—over 1.3 million specimens! Housed in @PurdueInsects
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Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) retweeted
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Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) retweeted
4 Mar 2023
With this species in the news here's a historic specimen of the Giant Lacewing, Polystoechotes punctata (Fabricius, 1793)—collected in 1895 from Greene County, Indiana by W.S. Blatchley, now housed in @InsectPerc
ALT A large lacewing with patterned wings on an entomological pin
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Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) retweeted
15 Feb 2023
Where did the time go? It's #TenebTuesday! Here's a jumble of Platydema ruficornis (Sturm, 1826) from @InsectPerc's collection—I love the mix of preparation & labeling styles
ALT A long, rectangular tray of small, black beetles with a variety of old and new labels
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Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) retweeted
27 Sep 2022
"These creatures are invaluable narrators of environmental change. They are also, unfortunately, victims of the very trends they can identify—and they are now fading at a disturbing pace from freshwater streams, rivers and lakes around the world." washingtonpost.com/magazine/…
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Thanks to Jake Goldner for vouchering specimens from his dissertation research—nearly 1,700 Ebony Jewelwing damselflies (Calopteryx maculata) with digitized data!
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Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) retweeted
14 Dec 2021
This specimen was collected by W.S. Blatchley —his brief label only gives “R.P.P. Fla. ... 3-25-24”—but an unpublished manuscript, “Winter & Spring Insects of Royal Palm Park,” includes more details (under a synonymous name, N. viridimicans)—beetles were “beaten from dead limbs”
14 Dec 2021
It’s #TenebTuesday! Defying the name “darkling beetle” this is Nautes azurescens (Jacquelin du Val, 1857) [Tenebrioninae: Helopini] from USA: Florida, Cuba, & the Bahamas. Adults “taken at lights … [but] habits of this species are unknown” (Steiner 2005) [scale = 1mm] #PERCBugs
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Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) retweeted
27 Oct 2021
Always neat to see what entomologists have used to hold/preserve samples—like this box of scale insects & host plants from 1914 in @InsectPerc! #PERCBugs
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While sorting, moving, & rehousing part of our slide collection this week we came across these intricate brown lacewing wings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) #PERCBugs
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A "fuzzy" fungus weevil, Toxonotus fascicularis (Schönherr 1833), collected in 1919 by W.S. Blatchley from Cape Sable, Florida #PERCBugs #WeevilWednesday
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An unidentified CA weevil collected in 1888—on the pin you see a type of vivid green corrosion called verdigris—a reaction between the metals used in very old pins & drawer microclimate —can be a serious problem, but only a tiny % of our specimens are impacted #PERCBugs
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New logo, now new stickers-the American Burying Beetle is actual size on these!
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Today, the specimens which Blatchley used in his "Coleoptera" are part of our collection—& still a source of new information on our local beetles!
20 Sep 2021
Today is the 111th anniversary of Blatchley's "Coleoptera Known to Occur in Indiana"—this book was the standard reference for 2 generations of coleopterists in the eastern U.S. & still remains relevant today!
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We are excited to share our new logo—featuring Nicrophorus americanus, once "frequent" in Indiana, today no longer found in the state, highlighting the importance of collections work!
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A beautiful bee from our collection—a male Agapostemon splendens (Halictidae)—appropriately named!
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A beautiful bee from our collection—a male Agapostemon splendens (Halictidae)—appropriately named!
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And a new species for the collection!
1 Jul 2021
I’ve placed these specimens in their own tray-they just need a header label (and then to database!)
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