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Member Symposium

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Formal and Informal Teaching

Entomology Collections: Windows to the Past, Present, and Future

Uses of the INHS insect collection - Good, bad, and the future

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
2:44 PM - 2:54 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, Portland Ballroom 253, OCC
Oral Presentation

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Thomas McElrath

    Collections Manager
    Illinois Natural History Survey
    Champaign, Illinois

Over eight years at the Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection, it has been used in hundreds of different ways by many different people. I will discuss lessons learned from vouchering procedures, student projects, and documenting science done with our specimens.