some new photos of insects

[mike_c]

10. thank you

The insects come from various places. Some are North American specimens that I collected during my university career. Others were culled from an entomology teaching collection I maintained for 25+ years at Cal Poly Humboldt in Northern California. Finally, some of the specimens are purchased from dealers who obtain them by a variety of means.

The specimens culled from the teaching collection are old, dirty, and beat up from years of handling. Many lack proper documentation. They are especially brittle and tough to reposition, and many are faded to the point of being unrecognizable, but I have a lot of them. They are the ones that began this project. The purchased specimens were much more recently collected and they're usually cleaner and in better condition.