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Insects

The Museum manages collections and conducts research relating to a variety of insects.

  • Splendour beetle
    Coleoptera

    Learn more about Coleoptera or beetles one of the largest groups of organisms on the planet.

  • Glossina morsitans morsitans, savanna tsetse fly.
    Diptera

    Discover more about the different groups of flies.

  • Morpho cypris, blue morpho
    Lepidoptera

    Learn more about the Lepidoptera a large order of insects that contain moths and butterflies.

  • Schizodactylus monstrosus, monstrous dune cricket
    Orthopteroid insects

    Learn more about the fascinating orders of Orthopteroidea, which includes locusts, cockroaches and stick insects.

  • Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
    Siphonaptera

    Fleas belong to the insect order Siphonaptera. Learn more about these wingless insects.

  • A cicada
    Hemiptera

    Hemiptera are known as the true bugs. They are the fifth largest order of insects with over 80,000 species worldwide.