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Special Collections

The Essig Museum of Entomology houses a number of special collections of many historic contributors:

  • H. Edwin Cott Thysanoptera Collection
  • Edward O. Essig Aphididae Collection
  • Gordon F. Ferris Anoplura (Phthiraptera) and Ectoparasitic Diptera Collections
  • Deanne P. Furman Parasitic Acari Collection
  • Dilworth D. Jensen Psyllidae Collection
  • Vernon L. Kellogg Mallophaga (Phthiraptera) Collection
  • A. Earl Pritchard Acari Collection
  • Evert I. Schlinger Aphid Parasitoid Collection
  • Morris A. Stewart Siphonaptera Collection
  • Robert L. Usinger Heteroptera Collection
  • Hastings Natural History Reservation Collections


Essig Museum of Entomology
University of California, Berkeley
201 Wellman Hall #3112
Berkeley, CA 94720-3112

The Essig Museum of Entomology is a member of the
Berkeley Natural History Museums.