Entomological Collections Network
@entcollnet.bsky.social
Nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of entomology collections & taxonomy via preservation, management, use & development. ➡️ https://ecnweb.net/
#SaveTheAcademy Our position in regard to the resolution about the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. This issue deeply affects our community, with many members having visited or worked closely with the academy over the years. We stand with @savetheacademy.bsky.social
The Academy of Natural Sciences is set to close its doors to the public after today. We can #savetheacademy! 8000 people visited yesterday. Today at 5pm, there will be a vigil and a walk to City Hall. Join us! and visit save-the-academy.org for action items all of us can do! ❤️🦖
For those planning to attend the @entsocamerica.bsky.social and @entcollnet.bsky.social meetings this year in Columbus, I'll be selling and signing copies of 'Under One Canopy' at the @coleopsoc.bsky.social booth Sunday evening and Tuesday afternoon. Hope to see you there!
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University names a temporary interim leader
Patricia “Trish” Wellenbach, the city's deputy mayor and former president of the Please Touch Museum, will be senior adviser to the Academy of Natural Sciences. She's on loan from the mayor's office.
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The country’s oldest natural science research institution and museum will close its doors at the end of the month.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University to close museum on Sept. 30
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will close its museum in Philadelphia on Sept. 30, 2026, NBC10 confirmed.
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🐜🚚 ES is on the MOVE!📦🐜 We are excited to announce that this month we are moving into a bigger and better space for even MORE ento-gear!
The NHMLA is hiring an Assistant Collections Manager for updating our frozen tissues collection to liquid nitrogen storage. This position is grant-funded for 3 years. I'm a bit late on posting this, but there is still one week left to apply! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Recruitment
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Today’s mysterious collection find: @mothpotato.bsky.social unearthed what we thought might be some cool mid century archival insect footage…
How do you digitise 325,000 insect specimens? Put them on conveyor belts! 🪰🐝🦋📸 Earlier this week, I went behind the scenes at the NMNH to see this mass digitization set-up in action! Thank you @tdikow.bsky.social & the Picturae team for hosting me! Find out more here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-OSe...
Registration for #ECN2026 is NOW OPEN! As well as standard in-person registration, we have discounted rates for online registration, for students and for volunteers. Make the most of our early-bird rates (ending on September 14): ecnweb.net/welcome/meet...
Five years back in Berlin #4a: Finding the small and mighty Most species are <5 mm. But small ≠ unimportant: ants outweigh all wild birds + mammals and spiders eat as much prey as humans meat/fish: ~400–800 Mt per /lyear. Meet EntoSieve for size sorting onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Got a pair of forceps for a car repair (long story) that are almost good to use as insect forceps. They are plastic and now I am wondering if we can 3D print them.
Do you work with insect collections? Yes?! Then we hope to see you at #ECN2026! 🪲 When: November Friday 6 - Saturday 7, 2026 Where: Columbus Hilton Downtown hotel, Ohio That’s right folks, we’re trialling something new and starting a day earlier than usual. We really hope you can join us!
Pinned Insect Digitization Conveyor at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History explained - how to digitize 325,000+ pollinating insect specimens fast, safely, and in high quality www.instagram.com/reel/DY46nMb...
Smithsonian on Instagram: "One in every three bites of food you eat depends on pollinators! 🪲 Heard the buzz? Our @SmithsonianNMNH and Smithsonian Digitization Program Office are digitizing 325,000...
574 likes, 24 comments - smithsonian on May 28, 2026: "One in every three bites of food you eat depends on pollinators! 🪲 Heard the buzz? Our @SmithsonianNMNH and Smithsonian Digitization Program O...
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It may be surprising to some that there are thousands of undescribed species just sitting in museums awaiting description. One of the main reasons this problem exists is that taxonomy is undervalued and underfunded, a trend that coincides with the devaluing of studies on natural history.
Sending Mike @spongymesophyll.bsky.social Ferro's DIY leaf litter sifter PDF to yet another colleague, frankly his whole site is a treasure and you should check it out www.spongymesophyll.com
Here's the working prototype of my setup. It's a 3D-printed black block with a socket to hold a watch glass, and a 3D-printed diffuser that sits on top of the block. Recessing the glass greatly reduces stray light & glare. #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #DIYImagingStage
Craig B@mutillidae.bsky.social · 2mo agoI've been working on a better setup for capturing focus-stacked images of immature insects in alcohol...and it's working well. 🙂 #NaturalHistoryCollections #Macrophotography #FocusStacking #Psephenidae #APennyForYourThoughts
Between error and discovery ⚖️ #NHMs house lots of labelled specimens; some representing occurrences outside spp known distributions! 🗺️🪲 But, how do we know we are seeing an actual collection event rather than a mislabelling error? Today we talk about an unresolved case! ⤵️ doi.org/10.7717/peer...
Luc Leblanc shares some background on the Barr Museum’s forestry insect collection, drawn largely from Malcolm Furniss’s bark beetles
Original Riker mounts by inventor Clarence Riker held at @denvermuseumns.bsky.social , presented by Genevieve Anderegg! 😍 The cabinets are just as intricate as the insects held within!Though lacking in collection data, lots of educational & natural history research value once imaged! #ECN2025
We're at #ECN2025 in Portland, Oregon! We're passionate about entomological collections, which is why we published some of last year's ECN in a special topical collection: nhcm.pensoft.net/topical_coll... Check out the @pensoft.net stand for our latest news!
We have a remote talk by Devanshu Gupta if the Zoological Survey of India, summarizing the lucanid fauna of India via the ZSI’s collection.
Jess Awad from Naturalis (massive Dutch biodiversity institute, formerly known as RMNH)— massive collection in a gorgeous new building (2019)
Gen Anderegg tells us about Clarence Riker, inventor of the Riker mount (same family as Rikers Island too)
Another harrowing tale, this time from Alfred Johnson and Ava Rios on the trials of biodiversity collections in Guam
Bill Clark tells us about the exquisite personal lep collection assembled by Gary Gier, a retired HS teacher in Idaho
