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Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA)

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Division of Plant Industry is the hosting institution for the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Museum of Entomology. The division maintains and develops the museum’s collection, which houses specimens from around the world and is ranked among the top 10 North American entomological collections. The collection features thousands of drawers, slides and vials containing an estimated 10 million prepared specimens. Millions more specimens are held in bulk alcohol containers and various dry samples.

Hep line: NA NA, DPIhelpline@FDACS.gov
Homepage: https://thefsca.org/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
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