WSU researchers are on a quest to digitize over 30,000 bees, butterflies and other pollinators
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Soundside
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KUOW
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audio
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Publication Date |
Aug 29, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:09:42

Washington State University's MT James Entomological Collection is the largest insect museum in the state, it holds around three million specimens. 

In 2022, state legislators allocated $50,000 for the collection to digitize pollinators,  like bees, moths, flies, butterflies and other insects that carry pollen.

Adding the 30,000 pollinators in WSU’s collection to a digital database will open up collaboration for researchers worldwide.

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Guests:

  • Elizabeth Murray, Telford Family Professor of Entomology and the director of the MT James Entomological Collection at Washington State University

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