University of Wisconsin - Madison

Description

The Wisconsin collection is the result of nearly 170 years of collecting by amateur and professional entomologists. Early collecting efforts focused on increasing holdings of Coleoptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera, while the current research strengths of the WIRC include Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hemiptera. This diversity reflects the ongoing research of curatorial and support staff as well as taxonomic graduate training and several key collection donations. Active taxonomic teaching and research programs and involvement in state and regional inventory projects have contributed to a sustained growth of the collection by an average of 31,000 specimens per year in recent years.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Dan Young
Telephone: 608.262.2078
email: dkyoung@wisc.edu

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Craig Brabant
Telephone: 1-608.262.0056
email: brabant@entomology.wisc.edu

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department of Entomology 1630 Linden Drive, room 346
Madison
53706-1598
Wisconsin
US
email: brabant@entomology.wisc.edu