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Throwback Thursday: June 23rd

Here’s a handful of images that we’ve posted to our Instagram (@frostentomologicalmuseum) over the past few months. Enjoy the eye candy!

Image of an Odontolabis delesserti specimen.
A rare find- Odontolabis delesserti (Guétin-Méneville, 1843) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of a vanilla cupcake with a white chocolate dragonfly perched on top
To celebrate the digitization of over 25,000 Odonates, we brought in desserts on Monday! Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle.
Look at the horn on that Japanese rhinoceros beetle aka kabutomushi! Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of a polk-dotted Erythroneura specimen
Itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny yellow polka dot Erythroneura species! Enjoy the sun! Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of pinning forceps and unit tray of butterflies
Updating the Lepidoptera collection one unit tray at a time. Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of three delicate Protoneura cupida specimen
Three pretty Protoneura cupida Calvert, 1903 in a row. Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of a pinned Meloe strigulosus specimen.
For 135 years old, you look pretty good, Meloe strigulosus Mannerheim, 1852 (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Image by Frost Entomological curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Close up image of an Agapostemon virescens specimen
Augusta isn’t the only place to see a green jacket this week! We think this sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) looks quite dapper in his! Image by Frost Entomological Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Microscope image of Cyclocephala lunulata
A beetle eclipse. Cyclocephala lunulata Burmeister, 1847. Image by Frost Entomological curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of a Dynastes titus that is missing its head
Don’t lose your head…it’s Friday! (Male Dynastes titus). Image by Frost Museum curators (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.

Throwback Thursday: March 17th

Did you know that the Frost has an Instagram account where museum curators post photos of the most recent happenings?

Our account (frostentomologicalmuseum) features unique specimen and little bits of history that we’ve come across while updating storage, imaging, and transcribing on the  Taxonworks database.

In the true spirit of Instagram, we would like to showcase some of our favorite pictures from the past several weeks in a blog series called “Throwback Thursday.”

Enjoy!

Close up image of a striped beetle that is iridescent.
Don’t be afraid to sparkle! Phaops thunbergi (Dalman,1823). Photo by Autumn Busbee (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of a large patterned beetle
“We still can’t get over the wing cover pattern of this Acrocinus longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)” Photo by Autumn Busbee (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Close up image of a dragonfly
“Purple and yellow! Dythemis nigra (Male)” Photo by Hillary Morin (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Image of small pinned beetles lined up in two rows
“Green (eggs) & Hypomeces squamosus (Herbst, 1795). Happy birthday Dr. Suess!” Photo by Emily Sandall (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Close up image of a parasitic worm emerging from a mantis specimen
“We would make a joke about this horsehair worm, butt it seemed too obvious. Nematomorpha emerging from a mantis specimen.” Photo by Michael Przybys (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Close up image of a small striped beetle
“I know when that hot LINE WING! Chrysolina cerealis (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) (Linnaeus, 1767)” Photo by Autumn Busbee (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Close up image of a butterfly wing
“On a ‘scale’ of one to ten, I’d give this Phyciodes tharos (Drury,1773) an eleven.” Photo by Hillary Morin (CC BY 2.0). Click for source
Image of beetles facing the camera
“Facing the day. Cratosomus roddami Kirby,1818.” Photo by Emily Sandall (CC BY 2.0). Click for source.
Photo of a butterfly with leaf-like wings
The wings of this Nymphalidae species are unbe-leaf-able. Photo by Autumn Busbee (CC BY 2.0). Click for source
A colorful spectrum of small beetles in a row
“Somewhere over the rainbow. Plateuaris pusilla (Say,1827)(Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae).” Photo by Autumn Busbee (CC BY 2.0). Click for source

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