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History of Department
Entomology collections
Staff
Database of Invertebrate Pictures
Slovenian Museum of Natural History
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INVERTEBRATE DEPARTMENT of
SLOVENIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
 Slovensko
Entomology is the study of insects. Because of their small size they are often unnoticed and even
more frequently they are considered as »vermin« or pests. Yet insects with all their species
represent the richest group of living beings on our planet. Three quarters of all animal species
on Earth are insects. We already know some million species and at least as many more are unknown
to us. The optimistic entomologists assess this number at 30 million.
Insects in the past and still today attract many people to their study, either professionally or
as amateurs. The scientific workers and research associates of Invertebrate Department in the
Slovenian Museum of Natural History, are studying the taxonomy, faunistics, zoogeography,
philogeny, ecology, and bioacoustics of
this admirable group so full of surprises.
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