Collections / Invertebrates
Invertebrates
The largest part of the collection: insects, other arthropods, molluscs, cephalopods and plankton
From the previous database
Previous database · temporary
About 5,000 butterfly specimens, 880 species
One of the largest parts of the arthropod collection
Groups in the collection Previous database · temporary
~6,000Arthropods · ~1,000 species
1,184Cephalopods · 41 species
~1,000Molluscs · identification in progress
~600Crabs · ~150 species
577Crane flies · ~60 species
200Plankton · 80 species
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The search box and the cards are ready to connect to the new specimen database. They use sample records for now
Image credits: insect drawer, “03 Museum insect specimen drawer - Muzeum Gornoslaskie, Bytom”, CC BY 3.0 · Haslemere Educational Museum drawer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · the jars are a collection photograph from the museum’s previous website · the moth is a stand-in until a photograph from the collection is available