Massive Spider Wasp Collection Donated to Bohart Museum

Andy Fell — June 04, 2021 - 9:59am

The Bohart Museum of Entomology at �ٺ��Ƶ recently received an unusual gift: 50,000 dead wasps.

The collection of more than 50,000 aculeate (stinging) wasp specimens, primarily spider wasps, came from the estate of renowned wasp expert Marius Wasbauer of Brookings, Ore., who died earlier this year. Wasbauer was a retired senior scientist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and a global expert on wasps, especially spider wasps.

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Massive Spider Wasp Collection Donated to Bohart Museum