January 13, 2012
Here is a sample of the diverse leaf beetles on the family Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Photographs and data sheet were produced by Gretchen González.

Here is a sample of the diverse leaf beetles on the family Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Photographs and data sheet were produced by Gretchen González.

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January 12, 2012
Alyssa Fernández worked on the grasshoppers collection (Orthoptera: Acrididae).

Alyssa Fernández worked on the grasshoppers collection (Orthoptera: Acrididae).

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Derick Crespo contributed to the collection by organizing, taking photographs and databasing click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae).

Derick Crespo contributed to the collection by organizing, taking photographs and databasing click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae).

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Here some of our scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). You can check part of the products of the work of the student Luis Meléndez during fall semester 2011.

Here some of our scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). You can check part of the products of the work of the student Luis Meléndez during fall semester 2011.

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January 11, 2012
Check out some of the ‘hawk moths’ (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) housed at UPRM-INVCOL. Photographs and datasheet were produced by the student Steven Flores as part of a Special Problems course offered by the Department of Biology of UPRM.

Check out some of the ‘hawk moths’ (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) housed at UPRM-INVCOL. Photographs and datasheet were produced by the student Steven Flores as part of a Special Problems course offered by the Department of Biology of UPRM.

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November 8, 2011
Here is the group of undergraduate students that are currently working at UPRM-INVCOL. From left to right: Luis Meléndez, Gretchen González, Steven Llanos, Maritere Mulero, Dilianne Vargas, Nicole Vargas, Alyssa Fernández, Derick Crespo and the Collection Technician Jennifer Girón. To learn what have been they working on during this semester, click here.

Here is the group of undergraduate students that are currently working at UPRM-INVCOL. From left to right: Luis Meléndez, Gretchen González, Steven Llanos, Maritere Mulero, Dilianne Vargas, Nicole Vargas, Alyssa Fernández, Derick Crespo and the Collection Technician Jennifer Girón. To learn what have been they working on during this semester, click here.

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October 6, 2011

This are the new cabinets recently installed at the Entomology lab of UPRM, one step closer to the collection’s new home.

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June 29, 2011

Check the updated version of the UPRM-INVCOL website

Visit http://invcol.uprm.edu/ and browse our new menu!

You will find updated information about our researchers and associates along with new quality photographs of some of our specimens.

Searchable database is coming soon!

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June 15, 2011

Andrés on TV (well, sort of)

Congratulations anyway! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbaTvft7_sg

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June 8, 2011

Two awesome websites for Puerto Rican insects

1. Father Sánchez: http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/

2. Alfredo Colón: http://alfredocolon.zenfolio.com/

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June 6, 2011

Andrés descubrió una cucaracha paisa

See the entertaining newspaper article here; by our very own Andrés Vélez.

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March 25, 2011
We had a short though productive night collecting session behind the Biology Building, within the context of the HHMI module. Ants were having nuptial flights and arrived in the thousands, but we also observed a surprising diversity (compared to previous outcomes) of bark and rove beetles, as well as carabids.

We had a short though productive night collecting session behind the Biology Building, within the context of the HHMI module. Ants were having nuptial flights and arrived in the thousands, but we also observed a surprising diversity (compared to previous outcomes) of bark and rove beetles, as well as carabids.

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March 24, 2011
Our new Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage system, with 12 TB space for databases, images, and websites. The system is expandable to 45 TB.

Our new Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage system, with 12 TB space for databases, images, and websites. The system is expandable to 45 TB.

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Our new Dell PowerEdge R710 server, which presently hosts the URPM-INVCOL website.

Our new Dell PowerEdge R710 server, which presently hosts the URPM-INVCOL website.

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The new collections server and storage system were set up by UPRM Biology systems administrator Ramiro Vidal.

The new collections server and storage system were set up by UPRM Biology systems administrator Ramiro Vidal.

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