Nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of entomology collections & taxonomy via preservation, management, use & development. ➡️ https://ecnweb.net/https://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3mtf4wq23k227Registration for #ECN2026 is NOW OPEN! As well as standard in-person registration, we have discounted rates for online registration, for students and for volunteers. Make the most of our early-bird rates (ending on September 14): https://ecnweb.net/welcome/meeting/18 Aug 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf4wq23k227https://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3mrzcgx6jbc2jDo you work with insect collections? Yes?! Then we hope to see you at #ECN2026! 🪲 When: November Friday 6 - Saturday 7, 2026 Where: Columbus Hilton Downtown hotel, Ohio That’s right folks, we’re trialling something new and starting a day earlier than usual. We really hope you can join us!01 Aug 2026 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzcgx6jbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57ocwooec2xLuc Leblanc shares some background on the Barr Museum’s forestry insect collection, drawn largely from Malcolm Furniss’s bark beetles09 Nov 2025 17:51 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57ocwooec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57nwjpldk2xWe have a remote talk by Devanshu Gupta if the Zoological Survey of India, summarizing the lucanid fauna of India via the ZSI’s collection.09 Nov 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57nwjpldk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57mt25wnk2xJess Awad from Naturalis (massive Dutch biodiversity institute, formerly known as RMNH)— massive collection in a gorgeous new building (2019)09 Nov 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57mt25wnk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57mgiqtok2xGen Anderegg tells us about Clarence Riker, inventor of the Riker mount (same family as Rikers Island too)09 Nov 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57mgiqtok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57laflmtc2xAnother harrowing tale, this time from Alfred Johnson and Ava Rios on the trials of biodiversity collections in Guam09 Nov 2025 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57laflmtc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57kkxtgxk2xBill Clark tells us about the exquisite personal lep collection assembled by Gary Gier, a retired HS teacher in Idaho09 Nov 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57kkxtgxk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57jqu7ztc2xIstvan Miko introduces us to the phenotypically consistent and shockingly productive hymenopterist Lubomir Masner and his dedication to (among other things) tiny wasps09 Nov 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57jqu7ztc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57iunmr6k2dThe jump scares continue with Tommy Mcelrath on INHS’s successful SPNHC grant to curate and digitize Californian insects, including rehousing some absolutely disastrous wet material09 Nov 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57iunmr6k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m57idtprqs2dECN day 2 starting off strong with President-Elect Pete and the most upsetting fly I’ve ever seen09 Nov 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57idtprqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55q4hppus2dJessica Wadleigh of FMNH with the finest, tiniest beetles08 Nov 2025 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55q4hppus2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55n3rgpwk2dIstvan Miko takes us on a trip to the UNH insect collection, which punches above its weight in part thanks to the superhuman collecting efforts of Don Chandler08 Nov 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55n3rgpwk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55mb6u5s22dChris Marshall on the history and metamorphosis of OSAC, including a beautiful combination of Delta cabinets and compactors (and homegrown dahlias)08 Nov 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55mb6u5s22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55lmmzric2dLuciane Marinoni, prez of the Brazilian Zoological Society, telling us about the 300+ entomological collections in Brazil08 Nov 2025 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55lmmzric2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55em2m72c2nFinally, Shelby Grice of the MEM introduces us to Gladys Hoke Lobdell (b. 1895), the first female prof at Mississippi State (in 1918!) and her spectacular collection of scale insects08 Nov 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55em2m72c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55dpbr5qc2nLet’s get TINY: Natalie Dale-Skey on the NHM’s mymarid slide collection. LOTS of careful data editing. Look at that slide holder for bulk scanning!08 Nov 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55dpbr5qc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/entcollnet.bsky.social/post/3m55cvsdqi22nLigia Benavides Silva of MCZ tells us about genomics and “next-gen morphology” for arachnids, in the context of a CSBR grant for cryopreservation of tissues from type specimens08 Nov 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:xdtkpoxin2fijd3qvxfdn7so/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55cvsdqi22n