Media Reports Relocation of UMaine Insect Collection

Several news organizations, including the Boston Globe’s Boston.com carried an Associated Press article about the planned relocation of the University of Maine’s collection of 107,000 insects to a climate-controlled room at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. Channel 5 (WABI) and the Portland Press Herald also carried the AP report. The collection dates back to the 1800s and includes rare tropical butterflies, in addition to other specimens, and will become more accessible to the public.

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