A behind-the-scenes look at our insect collectionPhoto Galleries | Updated 7 years ago Jewel Beetles from the Museum's insect collectionImage copyright of WA Museum Jewel Beetles from the Museum's insect collectionImage copyright of WA Museum Jewel Beetles from the Museum's insect collectionImage copyright of WA Museum Native WA butterfliesImage copyright of WA Museum Foreign Swallowtail butterfliesImage copyright of WA Museum Native Australian butterfliesImage copyright of WA Museum Native Australian butterfliesImage copyright of WA Museum Native Australian butterfliesImage copyright of WA Museum Robber flies – large predatory fliesImage copyright of WA Museum Different species of mosquitosImage copyright of WA Museum Native bees found in WAImage copyright of WA Museum Bull Ants (Myrmecia)Image copyright of WA Museum One of the old Museum Registers - how specimens were catalogued pre-computersImage copyright of WA Museum Dragonfly adults and nymphsImage copyright of WA Museum Tiny insect specimens mounted on slidesImage copyright of WA Museum Mitchell’s Bush Cockroach, found throughout Southern AustraliaImage copyright of WA Museum Cicadas found in the Perth regionImage copyright of WA Museum Flower chafers mostly from northern WAImage copyright of WA Museum Moths – not always dull and brownImage copyright of WA Museum The pinning process before the specimens are dryImage copyright of WA Museum The WA Museum Entomology dry collection includes pinned specimens and microscope slides of mainly Western Australian insect species. There are over 500000 pinned specimens and approximately 1000 microscope slides. Also included in the collection are approximately 800 holotypes (a single specimen expressly designated as the name-bearing “type” by the original author of the species).