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Professor Smyth’s Butterflies

Posted on September 10, 2016 by pmarek

Papered insects of Ellison Smyth, founding head of VT Biological Sciences Did you know that the first football coach of Virginia Tech, Professor Ellison Smyth, was also a butterfly collector? In fact, Professor Smyth was also one of the first … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve Found While Transferring Specimens

Posted on April 12, 2016 by pmarek

We’ve been transferring our pinned insect specimens into new unit trays for several weeks now, an activity best described as time-consuming. When finished, we’ll have replaced our current mix of old, hard-bottomed and various types of soft-bottomed unit trays in … Continue reading →

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New logo!

Posted on July 22, 2014 by pmarek

Fresh off the presses, the Virginia Tech Insect Collection now has a logo! While designing it, I wanted it to be (a) classic looking and (b) include a beetle or a butterfly. I thought about an animated gif like the … Continue reading →

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