51 species STUDENT INSECT COLLECTION
for biology class, basic or advanced entomolgy course, arthropod collections, bug collections, science fair, science project, and science olympiad.
51 Species covering 13 Orders and 38 Families!
Insects are all identified to Order, Family and Common Name. Most are identified to genus or genus/species. That will save you hours of work!
PLEASE EXCUSE THE POOR PICTURES. THESE INSECTS ARE NICE SPECIMENS!
MOST INSECTS (all except the butterflies and moths - see next line) ARE SENT IN DILUTED ALCOHOL TO KEEP THEM RELAXED (FLEXIBLE - READY TO PIN AND SPREAD!). THEY ARE CONTAINED IN 4 NUMBERED JARS.
THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS ARE SENT DRY, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED, WINGS UP AS IN PHOTO, IN A RIGID, PLASTIC BOX. THIS IS FOR PROTECTION OF THE WINGS AND ANTENNAS. THEY CAN BE RELAXED BY PLACING THEM IN ALCOHOL OVERNIGHT, DRAINING, THEN SPREADING/PINNING.
THERE IS A LIST INCLUDED WITH EACH SET - IT TELLS WHICH SPECIMENS ARE IN EACH CONTAINER AND GIVES THE ORDERS, FAMILIES, ETC. FOR EACH.
THE PHOTOS IN THIS AUCTION WILL ALSO HELP YOU CONFIRM IDENTITY. IF YOU NEED MORE HELP, THEN JUST RUN A GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH FOR THE COMMON NAME AND NUMEROUS PICS SHOULD BE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!
THESE INSECTS ARE NATIVE, COMMON, USA SPECIES AND SPECIMENS.
THESE ARE NOT "RECYCLED" INSECTS - THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PINNED OR USED FOR A COLLECTION. THESE ARE NOT MARKED. THEY ARE FROM THE FIELD, TO ALCOHOL, TO YOU!
HERE IS THE LIST --- ROWS FROM TOP - BOTTOM --- NAMED FROM LEFT - RIGHT:
PHOTO #1 (16 species)
ROW 1: BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS (Order: Lepidoptera) 4 spp.
Pearl Crescent - Skipper (exact species varies) - Common Sulphur - Corn Borer Moth
ROW 2: CADDISFLIES (Order: Trichoptera) 1 sp. & MANTIDFLIES (Order: Neuroptera) 1 sp. (another sp. shown in pic) & EARWIGS (Order: Dermaptera) 1 sp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 2 spp.
Caddisfly - Mantidfly - Earwig - Harlequin Bug - Water Boatman
ROW 3: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 5 spp. & ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 2 spp.
Dung Roller Beetle - Green Chafer Beetle - Striped Blister Beetle - Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Leaf Beetle
Bumble Bee - Sweat Bee
PHOTO #2 (35 species)
ROW 1: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 13 spp.
Firefly Beetle - Green June Beetle - Brown Dung Beetle - Click Beetle - Potato Beetle - Milkweed Longhorn Beetle - May Beetle - Japanese Beetle - Soldier Beetle - Grapevine Beetle - Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Asiatic Oak Weevil - Dingy Ground Beetle
ROW 2: FLIES (Order: Diptera) 2 spp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 5 spp. & NET-WINGS (Order: Neuroptera) 1 sp. & TERMITES (Order: Isoptera) 1 sp. & DAMSELFLIES (Order: Odonata) 1 sp. & FLEAS (Order: Siphonaptera) 1 sp.
Fruit Fly - House Fly
Boxelder Bug - Water Strider - Green Stink Bug - Leaf-footed Bug - Backswimmer
Green Lacewing - Subterranean Termite - Pond Damselfly - Flea
ROWS 3 & 4: KATYDIDS and CRICKETS (Order: Orthoptera) 2 spp. & ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 6 spp. & CICADAS, APHIDS and HOPPERS (Order: Homoptera) 3 spp.
Katydid - Mole Cricket
Black Carpenter Ant - Acrobat Ant - Potter Wasp - Honeybee - (next row) - Paper Wasp - Yellowjacket
Periodical Cicada - Boxelder Aphid - Leafhopper
TOTAL OF 51 INSECTS COVERING 13 ORDERS
We also offer a 101 species set. If you need one of those please see my other items!
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