Frost Entomological
Museum Displays
We
fit a lot of insect information into a small display area at the
Frost Museum. Here are a few of the things you'll find when you
visit:
Working
Beehive - This hive was brought to the Frost Museum in
the Spring of 2004. It had been split off of one of the Department
of Entomology's research hives. Click here
for pictures.
Live
Arthropod Zoo - We keep a number of live insects, arachnids,
and other arthropods on display. Click here
to meet our critters.
- We
have recently updated several of our displays, and plan to update
more in the future. Current displays include:
- Insects
of Pennsylvania
- examples of typical insect groups found in Pennsylvania.
- Tropical
insects
- large and colorful insects from the tropics
- What
is an Insect?
- describes what makes and insect an insect and how it is different
from other animals.
- Why
Study Insects? - explains the importance of insects
in our world.
- There's
a fly in my soup! - reports
on which insects are common foods in other cultures, and how you
may be eating insects without even knowing it.
- Forensic
Entomology - how insects help us to solve crimes.
- Stuart
W. Frost - the museum's namesake lead a full and interesting
life, and collected hundreds of thousands of insects!
- Frederick
V. Melsheimer - the father
of American Entomology, he lived and worked in colonial Pennsylvania.
- Insect
evolution
- Invasive
insects
- Many more!
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