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The new California Academy of Science. Opened in September of 2008.
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I've been volunteering periodically for the past ten years.
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The collection is located in the lower level. Large windows let in natural light.
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Work stations.
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Lab area.
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I spent about 8 hours over two days pinning 412 Scarab Beetles from Madagascar for the collection.
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This is the collection room. Rack modules are compactable to save space.
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Storage cabinets.
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It was very cool to move these huge modules with a hand crank.
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Cabinet contents
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The cabinets hold 72 drawers.
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Pepsis wasp cocoons. Always interesting things to discover here.
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These are ichneumonid wasps that mimic Pepsis wasps.
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A different Braconid.
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Tiny little bugs on points. This represents a lot of work.
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Old World Owlflies.
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I have a couple of these in my collection and was able to identify them by looking at these.
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Owlfly larvae
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BIG ant lions.
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BIG ant lions.
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We don't see anything like this here in the US.
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Ant Lions
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Ant lion
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This species lives in Arizona.
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Ant lions
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Ant lions
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My friend in Ashland gave me one of these. Now I know what it is!
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These are interesting Old World lace wings.
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These are interesting Old World lace wings.
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Old World lace wings.
