The Cornell University Insect Collection is a world-class research and training collection that includes over 7 million insects specimens representing about 200,000 species, or roughly 20% of the World’s described insect fauna. Our collection is an important resource for Cornell students, staff and faculty, for the College of Agriculture, for residents of New York State, and for the broader systematics community.
Enter a single taxonomic name; Order, Family, Genus, or species. A list of type specimens fitting that descriptor will be generated. Or submit search with no value to see a list of recently added insects.
For more search and filter options, visit the Type Collection or Insect Image Gallery.
News
New Textbook on the Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases
This is a necessary and long overdue addition to the world literature on this vitally important subject.
What happened to our lawn? OR Curtains for cicadas
If you aren’t looking at these nesting sites during mid-summer (which happens to be both cicada and cicada killer season), you might not even realize that a population of the next generation of cicada killers is in the soil beneath your feet.
Updated list of CUIC Trichoptera holdings
Recent curation of our pinned Trichoptera by Kyle DeMarr and earlier curation of our alcohol specimens by Kevin Moran have modernized our global caddisfly collection.