Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection is the oldest and largest entomological collection in Virginia. Founded in 1888 by W.B. Alwood at the university&rsquo;s first experimental station with just a few insects collected from his apple orchards, the collection now composes more than 500,000 specimens. The collection contains many entomological treasures like American Burying Beetles collected from Blacksburg in 1889 (now extinct from the state), colorful Malaysian butterflies, a herbarium of plant pests, and an extensive slide collection of 50,000 soil mites. In addition to pinned dried specimens, the VTEC holds an alcohol collection of aquatic insects and Appalachian millipedes.</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
Virginia Tech Insect Collection (2025). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Insect Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/m2htqa accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-25.
Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the BioAtlas - Atlas bioraznolikosti Hrvatske. This resource was last checked for updated data on 25 Feb 2025. The most recent data was published on 10 Nov 2024.
Metadata last updated on 2025-02-25 11:14:04.0
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