https://ecdysis.org/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=128 Ecdysis cognato@msu.edu https://ecdysis.org/index.php Ecdysis cognato@msu.edu https://ecdysis.org/index.php Anthony Cognato cognato@msu.edu contentProvider Sarah Smith curator smith462@msu.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-3736 contentProvider 2026-05-12 eng In 1867, Professor Albert J. Cook started the ARC and it currently houses ~ 1.5 million specimens mounted on pins, slides or stored in alcohol representing ~35,000 species. A significant portion of the collection represents the insect diversity Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. Other significant collections represent the world-wide arthropod fauna for select taxa, e.g., Lepidoptera and Scolytinae. Researchers in systematics, agriculture, natural resources, urban insect management, to extension personnel and to the general public use these specimens. Please direct inquiries to Anthony Cognato, Director or Sarah Smith, curator (smith462@msu.edu). Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the unknown The Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection 1234567 cognato@msu.edu http://www.arc.ent.msu.edu/ 2026-05-12T07:47:31.270+00:00 dataset