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Frost Entomological Museum

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134: 130:. The museum houses a research collection, estimated at 1.3 million arthropod specimens, and a public exhibition and educational space. Although the museum was founded in 1969, much of the collection dates to the early 1900s and even the late 1800s. 168:- The George H. and Alice F. Beatty Collection includes more than 60,000 dragonfly and damselfly specimens, collected from the 1940s through the 1970s. More than 1,000 species are represented, and half of the specimens were collected in Mexico. 156:- The John O. Pepper aphid collection consists of over 32,000 mounted specimens, representing at least 800 species. The collection is especially strong in aphids from central Pennsylvania. 338: 333: 353: 343: 59: 328: 348: 227: 162:- The K. C. Kim collection of sucking lice comprises more than 15,000 slide-mounts and represents approximately 300 species. 127: 123: 44: 52: 181: 40: 142: 288: 133: 250: 280: 269:"Insects Taken in Light Traps at the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida" 242: 173: 322: 268: 172:
Other notable collections, which reflect the interests of the museum's namesake, Dr.
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and the eastern and southeastern United States. Major collection holdings include:
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is an active research institution, associated with the
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Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates
40°48′13″N 77°51′43″W / 40.803706°N 77.862041°W / 40.803706; -77.862041
https://ento.psu.edu/frost
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

insect biodiversity
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Aphididae
Anoplura
Odonata
Stuart W. Frost
leaf miners
Archbold Biological Station
"Insect Holdings"
"John O. Pepper"
doi
10.1093/ae/42.2.126
the original
"Insects Taken in Light Traps at the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida"
doi
10.2307/3493289
JSTOR
3493289
Penn State University Department of Entomology
The Frost Entomological Museum
Categories
Pennsylvania State University

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