Keywords: nature insects smithsonian washington d.c. dc probably public domain probablypublicdomain SI Neg. 2003-14999. Date: 2003...This beetle has been pinned as part of the collection at the National Museum of Natural History. Small insects are stored this way to protect the specimen from handling damage. To examine the beetle, the pin is held, not the specimen. Identifying tags are pinned with the specimen. ..Credit: John Steiner (Smithsonian Institution) SI Neg. 2003-14999. Date: 2003...This beetle has been pinned as part of the collection at the National Museum of Natural History. Small insects are stored this way to protect the specimen from handling damage. To examine the beetle, the pin is held, not the specimen. Identifying tags are pinned with the specimen. ..Credit: John Steiner (Smithsonian Institution) |