Following up on sort session #17, where I struggled with how we should organize our trap residues, we now have an alternative use for some of these exhausted samples. (drumroll) We’ve started a special project for the public space that highlights the insects of Pennsylvania and what we stand to lose with unchecked environmental degradation. We’re keeping the design under wraps for now, but here are some cool displays I found on Flickr (I’m not saying ours will be like these!):
The last two sort sessions were dedicated to finding and also preparing material for this new display. Stay tuned!
Jessica Gothie says
My cousin and I enjoyed the displays at the Harvard Natural History Museum when we were in Boston. Aside from the glass flowers (A must-see, they’re awesome), their insect displays were our favorite thing, partway between art and science.
Honestly, anything to help people see the variety out there would be useful — most folks do not have any grasp of the number of different kinds of anything out there. If possible, keeping it “local” in some regard would be quite useful… Pennsylvania species, Pennsylvania variety, etc. When it’s a worldwide collection, people assume that the “interesting species” stuff all happens Somewhere Else instead of right here.