Thursday, March 20, 2025

Frost Entomological Museum (3/20/2025)

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Did not go to Buffalo since our colds suddenly worsened, so heading back home with a stop at the Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State. Entomology is the study of insects.
Frost Entomological Museum in Headhouse III (1961)
Methods of collecting insects
Microscope slides of insects and their parts
Insects displayed by Orders of which there are 26
Another of the 16 panels of insects by Order
Largest to smallest of insects
Camouflaged insects
Display on honey bees
A varroa mite in human scale, a pest of honey bees
Lycorma delicatula/Spotted Lantern Fly art
These are invasive insects
Wasp galls as habitats for other insects
Several types of galls, where a certain wasp larva develops
Evidence of leaf miners
Stopped at the now thoroughly modern Berkey Creamery
(est 1892) on the Penn State campus
Tried the Berkey Creamery "stickies" without grilling
Tussey Mountain Ski Resort in Boalsburg, PA

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