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ARTHROPODA - INSECTA
"insects" sector is divided into 41 exhibition rooms according to taxonomical groups.
Spiders are in "other animals" sector.

click images to enter each room.










sawflies
bees
ants
hornets
ichneumon wasps others + unidentified


Geometroidea
Geometroidea
Bombycoidea




inchworm moths
Noctuid Moths
Hawk Moths
Snout Moths





Hesperioidea



other moths


skippers


Papilionidae
Pieridae
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae - Riodininae



swallowtails
whites & yellows
blues & coppers
Riodinids

Nymphalidae - Danainae Nymphalidae - Satyrinae - Amathusiini etc. Nymphalidae - Satyrinae - Morphini etc. Nymphalidae - Satyrinae - Satyrini

tigers & crows palmflies Morphos Ringlets & treebrowns


Nymphalidae - Biblidinae
Nymphalidae - Nymphalinae - Nymphalini
Nymphalidae - Nymphalinae - excl. Nymphalini
Nymphalidae - Heliconinae



Biblidinae
admirals & emperors
pansies & oak leaves
Heliconiinae


Nymphalidae - Limentidinae
Nymphalidae - Apaturinae, Cyrestinae etc.

Unidentified/Unidentifiable Lepidopteran



gliders & sailers
other nymphalids

unidentified











true flies
other members













ground beetles
scarabs
click beetles
lady beetles










leaf beetles
weevils
others











aphids & scales
cicada & allies


water striders assassin bugs stink bugs











crickets & katydids
grasshoppers














praying mantis
cockroaches
termites













dragonflies
damselflies





other insects


exhibition rooms in this sector :

hymenoptera : sawflies | bees and digger wasps | ants | hornets | ichneumon wasps | other wasps
lepidoptera : inchworm moths || noctuid moths || hawk-moths || snout moths || other moths || swallowtails || whites || blues | riodinids || tigers & crows | palmflies & palm kings | morphos & evening browns | ringlets & treebrowns | Biblidinae | admirals & emperors | pansies & oak leaves | heliconiinae | sailers & gliders | other nymphalids || skippers || unidentified lepidopterans
diptera : true flies | mosquitoes and crane flies
coleoptera : ground beetles | scarabs | click beetles | lady beetles | leaf beetles | weevils | others
hemiptera : aphids & scales || cicadas & leafhoppers || aquatic bugs | assassin bugs | stink bugs
orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
dictyoptera : praying mantis | cockroaches | termites
odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
other group : other insects


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