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A very special specimen of Carpenter bee

New publication highlights the value of collection specimens and the importance of making specimen level data widely available to the scientific community.

A single specimen of Carpenter…

Volunteer holding a stick insect during the 2014 Museum Open House

2020 Museum Open House is suspended

The 2020 Museum of Biological Diversity’s annual Open House, planned for Saturday, March 21, was suspended until further notice.  This disappointing decision was made after considering…

Ardine Nelson photography

Specimen drawers through an artist's lens

Specimen drawers from the Triplehorn Insect Collection among others are featured in an exhibit going on at Hopkins Hall Gallery. The exhibit, curated by Ardine Nelson,…

Photographing Arctics Oeneis butterflies

Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label butterflies

Check it out! Our recent citizen science expedition on Notes from Nature made the College of Arts and Sciences News today. Notes from Nature, one of the many people-powered…

Calixomeria dorsal view

New publication: on tiny parasitic wasp Calixomeria

A new genus and species of the seldom-studied platygastroid subfamily Sceliotrachelinae is described from Australia. Calixomeria is a tiny (less than 1 mm long!), uniparental (females…

Arctic Oeneis by Jordan Reynolds

Art & Science meet at Hypotheses!

Evie Moran & Jordan Reynolds, two artists associated with the Triplehorn Insect Collection, are presenting their collection-based, science-inspired art work at "Hypotheses: Art…

Arctic Oeneis butterflies from OSU part of citizen science network

Arctic Oeneis butterflies from Ohio State part of citizen science network

Arctic Oeneis butterfly specimens from the Triplehorn Insect Collection at Ohio State are now up on Notes from Nature, a citizen science platform that connects museum collections with…

Specimen drawings by Jessika Raisor

We're finalists on the 2018 "Youtube Your Entomology" Contest!

"Wasps to Human Surgery: Inspiration From Nature", video created by Jessika Raisor (Columbus College of Art and Design) in collaboration with Huayan Chen and Luciana Musetti (Ohio State University…

Holotype of the new species Chromoteleia depilis

New publication: Revision of Chromoteleia

Chen, H-y, Talamas, EJ, Masner, L, Johnson, NF (2018). Revision of the world species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae). ZooKeys 778:…