Entomology Collection

The entomology collection (international collection coden: KNWR) currently includes over 7,000 databased specimens/lots, mostly insects collected as part of the Refuge’s Long Term Ecological Monitoring Program. The arthropod collection contains about 20,000 specimens focused on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. All of the arthropods (insects, spiders, centipedes, etc.) will be a single collection without the need for collection codes for the foreseeable future. There are also a handful of Gastropods and Oligochaetes included. Loans of KNWR specimens for research purposes are encouraged. Since most KNWR arthropod specimens are eventually to be deposited at the University of Alaska Museum, please refer to the UAM entomology collection loan policy for general loan guidelines.