WSU makes strides in digitalizing 3 million insect collection

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Wed., Aug. 7, 2024

Dr. Elizabeth Murray holds a bee while showing a new QR code tagging system WSU is using in their collection on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at The M.T. James Entomological Collection in Pullman, Wash. The school is working to produce a “Bee Atlas” for bees in the state of Washington.

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Dr. Rick Zach shows WSU’s collection of insects during a tour of the M.T. James Entomological Collection on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, on WSU’s campus in Pullman, Wash.

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Dr. Rick Zach shows a selection of moths he brought back from Guatemala to be stored in the M.T. James Entomological Collection on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, on WSU’s campus in Pullman, Wash.

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Dr. Rick Zach shows a selection of moths he brought back from Guatemala on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at the M.T. James Entomological Collection WSU’s campus in Pullman, Wash.

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A selection of WSU’s expansive bee collection is photographed on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at the M.T. James Entomological Collection in Pullman, Wash. The school is working to produce a “Bee Atlas” for bees in the state of Washington.

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Dr. Joel Gardner works to update old identifications in a portion of WSU’s expansive bee collection on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, at the M.T. James Entomological Collection in Pullman, Wash. The school is working to produce a “Bee Atlas” for bees in the state of Washington.

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