Entomological Collection (GNM)

The insect collection at Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM) contains several million specimens of insects from many areas of the world. The oldest specimens date are from the early 19th century. Some of the collections were donated to the museum by private individuals, and we also have specimens from inventories carried out by museum staff, mainly at localities in Sweden. The vast majority of the Swedish material comes from the museum's ”Terrestrial invertebrate faunistic research program”, which was carried out from the 1920s until 1981. This has contributed to high numbers and a rich diversity of ground-dwelling insects in the collection, such as Carabidae (ground beetles) and Staphylinidae (rove beetles).