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Entomology History

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The Entomology Collection was started in 1859 by Samuel Scudder and A.S. Packard, but includes the earlier material of T.W. Harris (the oldest intact North American synoptic insect collection), which was studied and partly determined by the pioneering...

Open position in Entomology - Curatorial Assistant

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Come work with our 7 million entomological specimens, including the world's largest and most historically important ant collection! The MCZ is accepting applications for a full-time Curatorial Assistant in our Entomology collection. Visit https://bit.ly...

MCZ Open House: Entomology

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We hope you can join us for an MCZ Open House of our Entomology Department April 8, 2026 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Refreshments and tours departing from Room 418 About The MCZ regularly hosts open houses of our collections for our neighboring Harvard community...

Entomology

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Brian Farrell featured in Harvard Magazine's Five Questions

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MCZ Faculty-Curator in Entomology is featured in Harvard Magazine's Five Questions. Five Questions with Brian D. Farrell: A professor and curator of entomology on beetles, biodiversity, and evolutionary change

MCZ Lunchtime Seminar

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The Entomology Collection at the Museum of Comparative Zoology Crystal Maier Curatorial Associate Entomology Museum of Comparative Zoology

Ticks on an Eel: Museum Specimen is a First of its Kind

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One of Kaylin's projects involves finding ticks attached to animals in MCZ collections and she was recently directed to an eel specimen in our ichthyology collection that was collected over 150 years ago. Read about why this is a notable find in...

Understanding how evolution shaped the insect visual system

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Marjorie Liénard and MCZ Faculty-Curator of Entomology, Naomi Pierce, led a study to develop an in vitro method for probing what colors an insect sees. The research was published in PNAS and featured in the Harvard Gazette.

Arthropods: Creatures that Rule exhibit now open in Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Check out the amazing variety of MCZ specimens from the Entomology and Invertebrate Zoology collections in the "Arthropods: Creatures that Rule" exhibit in the HMNH. (October 2007)

Crystal Maier

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Crystal Maier is the Curatorial Associate/Collection Manager for Entomology. Her responsibilities include overseeing the day to day activities in the collection, supervising departmental staff, developing collection policies, working with visiting...

Entomology Research Collection

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Entomology Collection Policies

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