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  1. Error

    Error by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Carabidae 19 Stitch Error by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Stitch problem

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  2. Vespa mandarinia?

    Vespa mandarinia? by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Vespidae 9 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Is this Vespa mandarinia?

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  3. earwig?

    earwig? by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Cantharidae Receiving 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Looks like Dermaptera. I can see its fustis.

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  4. barcode label

    barcode label by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Coccinellidae 7 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    We're applying these barcode labels to all specimens in the collection, so that each indivisual has its own uniqyue identifier.

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  5. too dark?

    too dark? by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Scirtidae 2, Dascillidae, Cneoglossidae, and Rhipiceridae by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    specimen heterogeneity makes it difficult, perhaps, to optimally illuminate

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  6. reflection

    reflection by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Scirtidae 2, Dascillidae, Cneoglossidae, and Rhipiceridae by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    from shiny labels?

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  7. resolution problem

    resolution problem by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Scirtidae 2, Dascillidae, Cneoglossidae, and Rhipiceridae by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    due to focal length?

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  8. clear points

    clear points by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Erotylidae 3 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    We should use these for all specimens so that one can read the labels underneath. Which material is both translucent AND archival?

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  9. Triplax festiva Lacordaire, 1842

    Triplax festiva Lacordaire, 1842 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Erotylidae 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    bugguide.net/node/view/36170 Will open in a new tab or windoweol.org/pages/1175266/overview Will open in a new tab or window

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  10. 3 collembolans

    3 collembolans by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan HMA East 2 Soil Arthropod Sample by Taylor Brewer

    3 collembolans

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  11. Neotettix proavus Rehn & Hebard, 1916

    Neotettix proavus Rehn & Hebard, 1916 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Tetrigidae 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    fork-face pygmy grasshopper

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  12. hmmmm.....

    hmmmm..... by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Mutillidae Receiving 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    From Utah. Can the loose specimen in this unit tray be confirmed as a species from Utah?

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  13. Phyllopalpus pulchellus Uhler, 1864

    Phyllopalpus pulchellus Uhler, 1864 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Gryllidae 8 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    The handsome trig or red-headed bush cricket

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  14. Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767)

    Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Crambidae 5 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    melonworm moth

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  15. Margarinotus harrisii (Kirby, 1837)

    Margarinotus harrisii (Kirby, 1837) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Histeridae 3 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    At least that's the valid name for this species.

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  16. Xeris spectrum (L.)

    Xeris spectrum (L.) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Siricidae 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Xeris spectrum (L.)

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  17. enough detail here to confirm ID?

    enough detail here to confirm ID? by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Alcohol Specimens 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Probably not. Would need to see palps, thoracic warts, etc.

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  18. looooong antennae

    looooong antennae by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Alcohol Specimens 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    broken off this caddisfly

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  19. Tomoceridae

    Tomoceridae by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Alcohol Specimens 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Large collembolan; I can *almost* see the diagnostic features of the antennae.
    bugguide.net/node/view/61544 Will open in a new tab or window

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  20. resolution and lighting

    resolution and lighting by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Alcohol Specimens 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    ... are not good. If the goal is to facilitate IDs or confirmation of IDs we woud need to think about brighter, more penetrating light sources.

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  21. reflections are a problem

    reflections are a problem by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Alcohol Specimens 1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    specimens would need to be completely under fluid

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  22. bee fly

    bee fly by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Syrphidae 11 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Bombyliidae not Syrphidae

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  23. Thaumatographa jonesi

    Thaumatographa jonesi by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan The Big Four by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Tortricidae.

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  24. fungus gnat

    fungus gnat by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan All I really wanted was an Avocado and Cheese Sandwich! by Richard Palmer

    My guess is that this is a fly in the family Sciaridae or maybe Mycetophilidae (Diptera). Cool!

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  25. basitarsal notch

    basitarsal notch by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Microphotograph of an ensign wasp (Evaniidae - Acanthinevania) by Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology NCSU

    glossary.hymao.org/projects/32/public/ontology_class/show_expanded/1768 Will open in a new tab or window

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  26. spiracle

    spiracle by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Microphotograph of an ensign wasp (Evaniidae - Acanthinevania) by Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology NCSU

    glossary.hymao.org/projects/32/public/ontology_class/show_expanded/590 Will open in a new tab or window

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  27. leaf mine

    leaf mine by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan 110207 - Inselberg Camp, Nouragues Field Station, French Guiana, Sampling on the Petit Plateau (I/XXIII) by Alex Smith

    looks like this leaf miner already emerged

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  28. apical flagellomere

    apical flagellomere by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Microphotograph of an ensign wasp (Evaniidae - Acanthinevania) by Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology NCSU

    glossary.hymao.org/projects/32/public/ontology_class/show_expanded/4574 Will open in a new tab or window

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  29. multiporous plate sensilla

    multiporous plate sensilla by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Microphotograph of an ensign wasp (Evaniidae - Acanthinevania) by Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology NCSU

    glossary.hymao.org/projects/32/public/ontology_class/show/1046 Will open in a new tab or window

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  30. Cladonota apicalis courtship calls

    Cladonota apicalis courtship calls by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Membracidae 14.1 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Have you ever heard the courtship call of a male treehopper? Did you even know they made sounds? Here is what that call sounds like for this species, _Cladonota apicalis_
    bit.ly/CladonotaCalling Will open in a new tab or window
    You can hear more calls at the amazing treehoppers website:
    treehoppers.insectmuseum.org Will open in a new tab or window/

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  31. Coccinella novemnotata

    Coccinella novemnotata by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Coccinellidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    The now-rare nine-spotted ladybird beetle, a target of the Lost Ladybug Project:
    www.lostladybug.org Will open in a new tab or window/

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  32. hymenoptera glossary - tooth

    hymenoptera glossary - tooth by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan nano-gigapan of ant head by jay longson

    hymglossary.tamu.edu/projects/32/public/ontology_class/show/838 Will open in a new tab or window

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  33. hymenoptera glossary - mandibles

    hymenoptera glossary - mandibles by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan nano-gigapan of ant head by jay longson

    hymglossary.tamu.edu/projects/32/public/ontology_class/show/488 Will open in a new tab or window

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  34. Hydrometra

    Hydrometra by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Hebridae and Hydrometridae by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Hydrometra

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  35. Salda lugubris (Say, 1832)

    Salda lugubris (Say, 1832) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Saldidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    It's tough to read the label, but this might be Salda lugubris (Say, 1832), also known as the large shore bug: bugguide.net/node/view/399393 Will open in a new tab or window

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  36. Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus,1758)

    Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus,1758) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Saldidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) - this is a European species, but we have specimens from North Carolina!

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  37. Saldula pallipes (Fabricius 1794)

    Saldula pallipes (Fabricius 1794) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Saldidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Saldula pallipes (Fabricius 1794)

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  38. Saldula orbiculata (Uhler, 1877)

    Saldula orbiculata (Uhler, 1877) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Saldidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Saldula orbiculata (Uhler, 1877)

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  39. Saldula opiparia Drake and Hottes, 1955

    Saldula opiparia Drake and Hottes, 1955 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Saldidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Saldula opiparia Drake and Hottes, 1955

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  40. Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt, 1840)

    Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt, 1840) by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum from the GigaPan Saldidae 2 by NCSU Insect Museum ncsuinsectmuseum

    Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt, 1840)

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