Sir Joseph Banks (1743 - 1820) insect collection of 4,000 insects, includes butterflies, flies, bugs and moths. The Banks and Sloane collections are the only two collections maintained separately ...

The collection began under Drs ... Diplura and Lepidoptera orders and found in the Southwest and Mexico. Each insect is then categorized by family, genus, and, of course, species, and is available ...

As the Northern Territory's principal entomologist, Brian Thistleton is the custodian of an important collection — a database of 56,000 insects notated, archived, and preserved in a climate ...