From field to collection: A specimen's story | Field Studies
Wherever we look, insect populations are crashing. But by studying the insects at the Knepp Estate in Sussex, England, scientists are able to see how rewilding is helping to boost the biodiversity and abundance of insects.
With the Museum's Senior Curator of Insects, Dr Erica McAlister, we follow the process of collecting and preserving insect specimens, and find out why it is important to do so.
See more on exciting projects at the Knepp Estate here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6w4ihPqk5_IYa4WU1n1fNxkRL-d4sKiC
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0:00 Introduction how specimens go from the field to the collection.
0:27 Dr Erica McAlister demonstrates sweep-netting and perfect insect collecting
1:58 our host attempts sweep-netting and pootering
2:34 Examining the net to discover which insects have been caught
4:22 Back at the Museum to discover the next stages of collection management
4:40 Quarantine, legal governance, documenting and labelling
6:45 The Knepp collection
7:32 Our host learns how to label and about the process of documenting each specimen
13:54 learn about the history of insect specimen pins
14:54 Transferring the specimens from the storage cases to display boxes.
18:40 How the labels help catalogue each specimen, easily accessible and future proofing
21:52 the next step is to add the specimens information to a database which is also then available to all on the web