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The Spencer Entomological Collection | history | volunteer | people | founder | contact | links
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The Spencer Entomological Collection is the largest in Western Canada, with over 600,000 specimens. Over half a million pinned specimens,
75,000 alcohol-preserved specimens and 25,000 specimens on slides showcase BC and the Yukon’s spectacular insect diversity. Past collectors’
particular projects have shaped the collection, and have resulted in particularly strong holdings of Hemiptera (true bugs),
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), Siphonaptera (fleas) and Anoplura and Mallophaga (lice). The Collection has also been enriched by the
following notable holdings:
Downes Hemiptera (true bugs)
Foxlee Diptera (true flies) and Hymenoptera (bees and wasps)
Llwewllyn Jones Lepidoptera (butterflies)
Scudder Hemiptera (true bugs)
Stace-Smith Coleoptera (beetles)
The Collection also includes an extensive library of entomological literature, ranging from insect taxonomy, biology, and habitat to pest control.
It includes over 350 books, 8000 reprints, and 20 series of unbound journals.
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Currently 5% of the collection has been catalogued in a database. The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recently awarded the collection funding
for equipment to continue databasing efforts, and we expect to have 20% of the collection electronically searchable by the opening of the Beaty
Biodiversity Museum.
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