Insects
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 200,000 insects which date from the mid-1800s to the present.
This collection contains insects from all around the world, covering all the major insect groups and including several species which are now extinct. The specimens are mainly British and the butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), beetles (Coleoptera) and craneflies (Tipulidae) are the best represented groups. There is a comprehensive contemporary collection from the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda.
The foreign collections include European butterflies from the William B. L. Manley Collection, African butterflies from the Richard C. Dening Collection, and dung beetles compiled by Hugh G. Klemperer for his zoological research. The collection also contains historically interesting specimens collected by the explorer David Livingstone. Other associated collectors include P. N. Crow, J. Heath, P. Henderson, Thomas Gordon, T. G. Bishop, J. R. Malloch and A. Beaumont. Much of the foreign collection, particularly the W. B. Manley and Paul Smart collections, holds scientifically important specimens (type and figured).
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Bees, Wasps and Ants (Hymenoptera)
Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)
Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
Grasshoppers and Crickets (Orthoptera)
Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera)
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