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STUDENT INSECT COLLECTION

52 Species covering 16 Orders and 42 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!

THE INSECTS ARE SENT IN DILUTED ALCOHOL TO KEEP THEM RELAXED (FLEXIBLE - READY TO PIN AND SPREAD). THEY ARE CONTAINED IN 6, NUMBERED JARS and 1 BOX (Butterflies & Moths).

The Butterflies & Moths in this set come to you DRY in glassine pouches , protected in a box. These MUST BE RELAXED for pinning (the others are ready right from the jars). To relax butterflies/moths - you can use steam in a sealed box (like professionals) or the quick and easy way is to lay them in a dish of clear rubbing alcohol for several hours or overnight. The fluid the other insects come in will work fine for this.

T IS A LIST TELLING WHICH SPECIMENS ARE IN EACH CONTAINER. THE PHOTOS IN THIS AUCTION WILL ALSO HELP YOU CONFIRM IDENTITY.

THESE INSECTS ARE NATIVE, COMMON, USA SPECIES AND SPECIMENS.

IS THE LIST --- ROWS FROM TOP - BOTTOM --- NAMED FROM LEFT - RIGHT:

PICTURE 2 (38 specimens):

ROW 1: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 12 spp.

Bess Beetle - Green June Beetle - Dung Beetle - Long-horned Beetle (exact species varies w/ availability) - Potato Beetle - Ladybug (Ladybird Beetle) - Japanese Beetle - Soldier Beetle - Water Scavenger Beetle - Spotted Cucumber Beetle - - Blister Beetle (either Black or Striped, striped shown) - Dingy Ground Beetle

ROW 2: FLIES (Order: Diptera) 4 spp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 4 spp. & NET-WINGS (Order: Neuroptera) 2 spp.

Midge - Blowfly - Wheatstem Fly - Soldier Fly

Giant Water Bug - Water Strider - Stink Bug - Assassin Bug

Ant Lion Larva - Lacewing

ROW 3: GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS (Order: Orthoptera) 2 spp. & CICADAS and HOPPERS (Order: Homoptera) 2 spp.

Red-legged Grasshopper - Cricket - Periodical Cicada - Leafhopper

ROW 4: ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 7 spp.

Black Carpenter Ant - Acrobat Ant - Ichneumon Wasp - Honeybee - Paper Wasp - Bald-faced Hornet - Yellowjacket.

ROW 5: MAYFLY (Order: Ephemerida) 1 sp. & STONEFLY (Order: Plecoptera) 1 sp. & CADDISFLY (Order: Trichoptera) 1 sp. & Dragonflies/Damselflies (Order: Odonata) 2 spp.

Mayfly - Stonefly - Caddisfly - Dragonfly - Jewelwing Damselfly

(NOTE: Dragonfly and Damselfly heads are attached by a "thread" of a membrane - IF they come loose in shipping, they are easily repaired with a drop of glue after drying.)

PICTURE 1 (14 specimens):

ROW 1: BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS (Order: Lepidoptera) 3 spp.

Pearl Crescent Butterfly - Swallowtail Butterfly (exact species may vary with availability, usually yellow Tiger or black Spicebush) - Cutworm Moth

ROW 2: TERMITE (Order: Isoptera) 1 sp. & FLEA (Order: Siphonaptera) 1 sp. & SCORPIONFLY (Order: Mecoptera) 1 sp. & EARWIG (Order: Dermaptera) 1 sp. & FLY (Order: Diptera) 1 sp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 2 spp.

Termite - Flea - Scorpionfly - Earwig - House Fly - Harlequin Bug - Backswimmer

ROW 3: CRICKET (order: Orthoptera) 1 sp. & BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 3 spp.

Mole Cricket - Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Prionus Beetle - Asparagus Beetle

TOTAL OF 52 INSECTS COVERING 16 ORDERS

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.

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