WEBVTT 00:04.100 --> 00:05.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% - Welcome, everyone, to  Wednesday Nite at the Lab.  I'm Tom Zinnen, I work here 00:05.533 --> 00:07.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% at the UW-Madison Biotechnology Center. 00:07.266 --> 00:08.966 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% I also work for Cooperative Extension. 00:09.066 --> 00:12.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% And on behalf of those folks and our other core organizers, 00:12.533 --> 00:15.600 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Alumni Association, 00:15.700 --> 00:17.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and the UW-Madison Science Alliance, 00:17.466 --> 00:20.300 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% thanks again for coming to  Wednesday Nite at the Lab. 00:20.400 --> 00:23.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% We do this every Wednesday night, 50 times a year. 00:23.966 --> 00:26.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Tonight it's my pleasure to introduce to you Dan Young 00:26.500 --> 00:28.566 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% of the Department of Entomology. 00:28.666 --> 00:31.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% He'll be here to talk about the insect research collection 00:31.633 --> 00:34.300 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% here at the UW, the Department of Entomology. 00:35.500 --> 00:39.466 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% It's a pretty amazing thing to be able to collect, 00:39.566 --> 00:41.533 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% whether it's plants or minerals 00:41.633 --> 00:43.633 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% or insects in this case. 00:43.733 --> 00:46.300 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% And I think one of the cool things in talking to Dan 00:46.400 --> 00:51.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% was their collection dates back almost 170 years 00:51.600 --> 00:54.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% and almost 3 million specimens. 00:54.300 --> 00:57.000 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% And that's a lot of bugs. 00:57.100 --> 00:58.566 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% But it's also a lot of heritage, 00:58.666 --> 01:00.866 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and it grows year by year by year. 01:00.966 --> 01:03.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% I'm looking forward to hearing what Dan has to say 01:03.466 --> 01:06.633 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% about the Wisconsin Insect Research Collection 01:06.733 --> 01:08.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% here at the University of Wisconsin. 01:08.200 --> 01:09.733 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% Please join me in welcoming Dan Young 01:09.833 --> 01:11.533 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% back to  Wednesday Nite at the Lab. 01:11.633 --> 01:14.900 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% (applause) 01:18.733 --> 01:22.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% - Thanks, Tom, and thanks you all for coming. 01:22.166 --> 01:23.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Undoubtedly, this is going to be 01:23.766 --> 01:26.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% an insanely stimulating presentation, 01:26.500 --> 01:28.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and you're going to have a million questions. 01:28.266 --> 01:29.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I hope you brought paper to write them down, 01:30.033 --> 01:32.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% because they've told me I'm not supposed to be 01:32.500 --> 01:34.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% entertaining questions until the end. 01:34.933 --> 01:36.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Hopefully, you'll have questions, 01:36.266 --> 01:38.600 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% but if you can, save them till the end. 01:38.700 --> 01:42.533 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So in Tom's prelude, 01:42.633 --> 01:45.466 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% he actually mentioned a couple of, 01:45.566 --> 01:48.233 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% or tiptoed around, a couple of other collections 01:48.333 --> 01:49.933 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% that are on campus. 01:50.033 --> 01:52.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% And so before I get started with our collection, 01:53.066 --> 01:56.300 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% who can tell me the other natural history collections 01:56.400 --> 01:57.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that are here on campus? 01:58.033 --> 02:01.533 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% We have some amazing, amazing natural history collections. 02:01.633 --> 02:04.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% So there's entomology, 02:04.366 --> 02:06.233 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% primary, first and foremost. 02:06.333 --> 02:07.900 align:left position:45%,start line:5% size:45% What? 02:08.000 --> 02:09.466 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% Botany? 02:09.566 --> 02:11.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% The State Herbarium, right? 02:11.900 --> 02:14.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% The Wisconsin State Herbarium, that's like saying Ohio State. 02:14.466 --> 02:16.200 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% You have to put "the" in front of it. 02:16.300 --> 02:20.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% SotheState of Wisconsin Herbarium, right? 02:20.566 --> 02:21.800 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% - [Audience Member] Geology. 02:21.900 --> 02:24.133 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% - Geology. What? Zoology. 02:24.233 --> 02:26.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% You've got four of them. 02:26.266 --> 02:28.900 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% In one of the talks coming up, you mentioned something about 02:29.000 --> 02:30.833 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in September or October? 02:30.933 --> 02:32.466 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% - [Audience Member] Anthropology. 02:32.566 --> 02:35.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Anthropology, those are our five natural history 02:35.400 --> 02:37.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% collections on campus. 02:37.466 --> 02:39.566 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And those form a consortium. 02:39.666 --> 02:42.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% The UW Natural History Museum's council, 02:42.800 --> 02:44.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% for which I serve as co-chair, 02:44.733 --> 02:46.600 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and some of you are familiar, perhaps, 02:46.700 --> 02:49.466 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% with the UW2020 project, 02:49.566 --> 02:52.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and our consortium did receive one of those grants 02:52.533 --> 02:53.866 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% a year or so ago 02:53.966 --> 02:57.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% to try to develop a portal, a digital portal, 02:57.300 --> 02:59.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% to better integrate our collections 02:59.433 --> 03:02.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% so that you could ask the-- 03:03.066 --> 03:05.466 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% You could put in a query and find out 03:05.566 --> 03:08.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% what particular species of beetle might be found 03:08.533 --> 03:10.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% on which particular species of plant 03:10.900 --> 03:13.500 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% at what particular part of the state 03:13.600 --> 03:15.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% with the phenology of flowering 03:15.133 --> 03:16.400 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% at what particular time of the year, 03:16.500 --> 03:18.866 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% so all those data exist disparately 03:18.966 --> 03:20.400 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% in all these collections, 03:20.500 --> 03:23.100 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and this is an attempt to try to bring those together. 03:23.200 --> 03:26.266 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% These kinds of things are going on nationally and internationally, as well. 03:26.366 --> 03:28.166 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% But we were very fortunate to be able to 03:28.266 --> 03:30.766 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% bring our collections here on campus together, 03:30.866 --> 03:33.700 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% at least remotely, to do that, as well. 03:33.800 --> 03:35.833 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% But largely what I'm here to talk to you tonight 03:35.933 --> 03:40.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% is about our UW Insect Research Collection. 03:40.300 --> 03:43.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% So here we are at the door. Welcome. 03:43.100 --> 03:46.500 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% And we're going to open the door and let you in. 03:46.600 --> 03:49.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% This is about the best way we can do it right now, 03:49.200 --> 03:51.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because if you read what Tom head sent out to you, 03:51.366 --> 03:53.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% our building is under-- 03:53.666 --> 03:54.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Well, they call it construction, 03:55.033 --> 03:57.600 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% but it's mostly been destruction. 03:57.700 --> 04:00.000 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% So hopefully, at some point, 04:00.100 --> 04:03.866 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% some of you might be able to manage to get ahold of us and get a tour. 04:03.966 --> 04:07.833 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% We are largely a research collection. 04:08.700 --> 04:11.600 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% We are not so much a museum. 04:11.700 --> 04:16.033 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% So if you were to go to the geology museum, 04:16.133 --> 04:18.500 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% they're a museum. 04:18.600 --> 04:22.766 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And they have a lot of space that's devoted to displays. 04:23.966 --> 04:26.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% That is one of the ways that I differentiate 04:26.666 --> 04:29.000 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% between a museum and a collection. 04:29.100 --> 04:32.566 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% A museum would tend to have a lot of public display areas, 04:32.666 --> 04:35.766 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% like the Milwaukee Public Museum, a favorite of ours. 04:35.866 --> 04:37.800 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% We are largely a research collection, 04:37.900 --> 04:42.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% so once you enter into the bowels of the collection, 04:42.133 --> 04:45.600 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% it's not going to look real exciting 04:45.700 --> 04:50.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% unless you get real excited about steel and metal cabinets. 04:50.700 --> 04:55.133 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% But when you come into our main range 04:55.233 --> 04:57.866 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% here on the third floor of Russell Labs, 04:57.966 --> 05:00.500 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% you're going to go about halfway there, 05:00.600 --> 05:03.233 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and then the next shot is going to be panning down 05:03.333 --> 05:06.733 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to the right, where we see those beautiful, wonderful 05:06.833 --> 05:10.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% steel cabinets, each of which contains thousands 05:10.333 --> 05:12.733 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% upon thousands upon thousands of specimens 05:12.833 --> 05:15.100 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that are all arranged hierarchically 05:15.200 --> 05:17.866 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% so that we can get at them very quickly. 05:18.866 --> 05:22.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% So I'm going to go through six major topical areas with you 05:22.633 --> 05:25.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% that relate to our collection. 05:25.266 --> 05:27.633 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% And we're going to start with history. 05:27.733 --> 05:29.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% As Tom mentioned, a collection our age 05:30.000 --> 05:31.533 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% does have a pretty good amount of history 05:31.633 --> 05:33.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% associated with it. 05:33.366 --> 05:38.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% So the collection, 170 might be a little bit, 05:38.700 --> 05:40.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% a little bit on the hefty side, 05:40.666 --> 05:45.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but we know that although records weren't kept 05:46.000 --> 05:47.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% as well as we might've archived, 05:47.866 --> 05:52.633 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% but we know that from around 1900, certainly around 1909, 05:52.733 --> 05:55.300 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% there were beginnings of a collection 05:55.400 --> 05:57.933 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that were starting to assemble themselves. 05:58.033 --> 06:00.933 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% This became a little bit more formalized 06:01.033 --> 06:05.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% in the early 1950s down in good old King Hall. 06:05.166 --> 06:08.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% At the time the collection became something 06:08.533 --> 06:12.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% that you would recognize as a single standing collection, 06:13.066 --> 06:15.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% the collection was sort of housed and kept by 06:15.866 --> 06:20.633 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% whoever was teaching the insect identification course at that time. 06:20.733 --> 06:22.633 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% That was one of the responsibilities that they had, 06:22.733 --> 06:26.133 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to upkeep that collection, which was pretty doable, 06:26.233 --> 06:28.066 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% because it was relatively small then. 06:29.433 --> 06:32.966 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% So early on, growth was about a half a dozen cabinets, 06:33.066 --> 06:37.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and if you remember looking down that long aisle, 06:37.700 --> 06:40.700 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% each of those long aisles is divided into smaller aisles, 06:40.800 --> 06:43.933 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% so we have several hundred cabinets now. 06:44.033 --> 06:46.333 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% And we have also two facilities. 06:46.433 --> 06:48.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% I'll get into that in a little bit. 06:48.300 --> 06:50.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% So early growth, about a half a dozen cabinets, 06:51.033 --> 06:54.400 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and each cabinet would hold 24 drawers, 06:54.500 --> 06:56.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% our standard insect drawers, 06:56.533 --> 07:00.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and these came largely from donations by faculty, 07:00.400 --> 07:04.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% by their research projects, some students that would donate 07:04.166 --> 07:06.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% as a part of what they were doing with their own collections. 07:06.933 --> 07:09.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Again, if you read Tom's little preamble tonight, 07:09.700 --> 07:11.533 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% he talked about a collection that he made 07:11.633 --> 07:14.200 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% down in Platteville, wasn't it? 07:14.300 --> 07:15.866 align:left position:45%,start line:5% size:45% Yeah. 07:15.966 --> 07:18.000 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And donations from amateurs. 07:18.100 --> 07:21.266 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% We do get a lot of really substantive donations 07:21.366 --> 07:24.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% from amateurs, just like people that are bird enthusiasts 07:25.033 --> 07:26.433 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% or whatever enthusiasts, 07:26.533 --> 07:29.700 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% they tend to know a lot about the subject, 07:29.800 --> 07:32.133 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and when they decide they no longer 07:32.233 --> 07:34.033 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% are able to keep their collection, 07:34.133 --> 07:39.033 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% of if they happen to die, and there's a relative 07:39.133 --> 07:41.600 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% that's thoughtful enough to remember 07:41.700 --> 07:43.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that these are incredibly valuable things, 07:43.233 --> 07:45.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% they may contact us or other collections around, 07:45.833 --> 07:49.666 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% and we try to do a rescue of those kinds of collections. 07:49.766 --> 07:52.466 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% So as would not be uncommon, 07:52.566 --> 07:55.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% early efforts from our collection emphasize Coleoptera, 07:55.133 --> 07:56.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% those are the beetles. 07:56.500 --> 07:59.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% How many of you who work on beetles? 08:02.200 --> 08:05.100 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% Hi, Jackie. (laughter) 08:05.200 --> 08:11.166 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% So more than one out of four of every kind of living species 08:11.266 --> 08:14.133 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% on the planet is a beetle. 08:14.233 --> 08:17.666 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% So what worthless things are you working on? 08:17.766 --> 08:20.066 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% (laughter) 08:20.166 --> 08:23.433 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% Yeah, so beetles, it's understandable 08:23.533 --> 08:27.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% that would be a major emphasis, because there so many of them. 08:27.466 --> 08:29.633 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% Diptera, the flies. 08:30.600 --> 08:33.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% Flies, of course, have a lot of nuisance value 08:33.766 --> 08:36.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% with mosquitoes and black flies 08:36.133 --> 08:38.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% and no-see-ums and deer flies, 08:38.500 --> 08:44.333 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% but flies have some of the most crazy, bizarre, 08:44.433 --> 08:48.200 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% incredibly interesting biologies of anything on the planet, 08:48.300 --> 08:51.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% so there's a lot of interesting flies, and we'll get back to that. 08:51.900 --> 08:54.733 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% It's one of our main sub-stories, our sub-plots. 08:55.900 --> 08:58.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And, of course, the god-awful Lepidoptera. 08:59.000 --> 09:02.200 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% So, let's see, this would be like, 09:02.300 --> 09:03.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% so it would be like the Packers 09:03.833 --> 09:07.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and the Vikings thing, kind of, right? 09:07.366 --> 09:10.033 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% So if you work on beetles, then Lepidoptera, 09:10.133 --> 09:11.433 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% which are the butterflies and moths 09:11.533 --> 09:14.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% are just absolutely disgusting. 09:14.433 --> 09:17.500 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% But they are, like Coleoptera and Diptera, 09:17.600 --> 09:20.500 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% three of the largest orders of insects. 09:20.600 --> 09:22.933 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So definitely there'd be a lot of people 09:23.033 --> 09:25.733 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that would be working on those, hobbyists and whatnot. 09:27.166 --> 09:30.633 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Some of the folks that I've followed in the footsteps, 09:30.733 --> 09:32.400 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% Charles Fluke. 09:33.533 --> 09:37.966 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% It says in the archives that he was director of the WIRC, 09:38.066 --> 09:42.833 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% the Wisconsin Insect Research Collection from 1916 to 1958. 09:45.800 --> 09:48.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% I'm thinking maybe that's when he lived. 09:48.333 --> 09:50.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% That's a lot of years. 09:50.333 --> 09:54.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% I'd have to work like 20 more years to catch up to that. 09:55.666 --> 09:57.333 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% Maybe, maybe. 09:58.500 --> 10:00.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% Fluke was a fly specialist. 10:01.533 --> 10:05.200 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% And again, he will come back to us as one of our sub-plots, 10:05.300 --> 10:08.066 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% because the group that he specialized on 10:08.166 --> 10:10.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% turns out to be a family of flies 10:10.366 --> 10:13.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for which our collection is one of the best 10:14.000 --> 10:15.866 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% in the entire world. 10:17.033 --> 10:20.300 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% Roy Shenefelt, from 1958 to 1977, 10:20.400 --> 10:22.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% a little bit before I got here. 10:22.566 --> 10:27.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% Roy was more of a bibliographer than really a taxonomist. 10:27.866 --> 10:31.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% Nominally, he worked on wasps, 10:31.233 --> 10:35.066 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% but a lot of what he liked to do was just collect reprints 10:35.166 --> 10:38.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and organize bibliographic kinds of materials, 10:38.500 --> 10:41.900 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% write catalogs of species and things like. 10:42.000 --> 10:45.400 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% Jane Harrington was there from '77 to '91. 10:45.500 --> 10:47.466 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I did overlap with Jane. 10:47.566 --> 10:52.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% She was a Hemepterist, so the true bugs. 10:52.233 --> 10:54.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% She worked on Lygaeoids, so, let's see, 10:54.966 --> 10:58.300 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% like in a couple of weeks when, well, a few weeks, maybe, 10:58.400 --> 11:00.933 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% when the milkweed pods begin to dehisce. 11:01.033 --> 11:02.766 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% In fact, I've already seen some already. 11:02.866 --> 11:07.633 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% You'll see a black and orange bug that really is a bug. 11:07.733 --> 11:10.166 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% That is its scientific name. 11:10.266 --> 11:13.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% The order Hemeptera are the bugs, the true bugs. 11:13.466 --> 11:16.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% So you'll begin to see Lygaeus on milkweed, 11:16.733 --> 11:19.066 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% a couple of different groups of them. 11:19.166 --> 11:21.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% And she didn't work on that particular one, 11:21.633 --> 11:23.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% but she actually worked on some weird ones 11:23.466 --> 11:27.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% that were blood-feeders in the tropics. 11:27.200 --> 11:29.400 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And then this dude showed up 11:29.500 --> 11:33.933 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and has been a director since 1991. 11:35.433 --> 11:40.666 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% My position's a wee bit odd, not only for the department, 11:40.766 --> 11:42.733 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% but or the college and maybe even for the university. 11:42.833 --> 11:45.400 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% My appointment is largely teaching. 11:45.500 --> 11:49.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% My appointment, as you spread it out, is 75% teaching, 11:49.533 --> 11:55.200 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% 20% research, and they've allowed me to use a nominal 5% 11:55.300 --> 11:58.700 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% to serve as the director of the collection, 11:58.800 --> 12:00.666 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and I listed a couple of groups there 12:00.766 --> 12:03.300 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% that I do most of my research with. 12:05.666 --> 12:07.466 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% Ironically, we've managed to have 12:07.566 --> 12:09.233 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% the same number of curators. 12:09.333 --> 12:13.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% So the director in our particular situation 12:14.066 --> 12:20.833 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% oversees the general planning and brainstorming 12:20.933 --> 12:24.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% of where the collection is and where it's headed, 12:24.133 --> 12:26.666 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% tries desperately, usually unsuccessfully, 12:26.766 --> 12:29.233 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% to find money to keep things going, 12:29.333 --> 12:31.800 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and works very closely with the curator. 12:31.900 --> 12:35.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% The curator is the person that you'd be likely to find there 12:35.100 --> 12:39.700 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% on a day-to-day basis making all those plans happen. 12:39.800 --> 12:43.933 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% So Lutz Bayer was there from '68 to '73, 12:44.033 --> 12:48.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% John Baker, '73 to '78, both fairly short-tenured, 12:48.333 --> 12:53.200 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% Steve Krauth the opposite, 1978 to 2013, 12:53.300 --> 12:56.266 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% now an emeritus curator and still lives up in my lab, 12:56.366 --> 12:58.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% comes in pretty much every day. 12:58.600 --> 13:03.800 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And then our current curator is Dr. Craig Brabant, 13:03.900 --> 13:05.733 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% who was actually a student of mine. 13:07.400 --> 13:11.266 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% He was interim right when Steve retired. 13:11.366 --> 13:15.733 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Literally the day the position vacancy announcement 13:15.833 --> 13:20.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% was set forth was the same exact day that the university 13:20.633 --> 13:22.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% put a hiring freeze on. 13:22.700 --> 13:26.100 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So Craig was sort of interim for two years, 13:26.200 --> 13:29.133 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and we were able to get that position back 13:29.233 --> 13:31.266 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% with a lot of clawing and struggling. 13:32.566 --> 13:36.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% So since 2015 he's been full-time curator. 13:36.366 --> 13:38.133 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% He works on wasps. 13:38.233 --> 13:40.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% The group that he works on is the family Mutillidae, 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% which are the velvet ants. 13:43.100 --> 13:45.966 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Craig and his significant other just got back 13:46.066 --> 13:49.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% from a conference, an international conference in Japan 13:49.900 --> 13:53.200 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% Sunday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. 13:57.166 --> 14:00.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% Some of the associates, and I'm not going to be able to mention 14:00.500 --> 14:04.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% nearly all of them, but some of our primary ones, 14:04.533 --> 14:07.433 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Byron Buckley is actually a retired veterinarian 14:07.533 --> 14:09.166 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% that lives out in Deerfield. 14:09.266 --> 14:13.366 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% He does a lot of preparation, is also an amateur Coleopterist, 14:13.466 --> 14:17.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% so he's helped me a lot with moving some of my material that I've collected 14:17.533 --> 14:21.500 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% into a stage where it can actually be identified, 14:21.600 --> 14:24.333 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% mounted, labeled, and identified. 14:24.433 --> 14:27.333 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Jeff Gruber, so Jeff Gruber started out 14:27.433 --> 14:30.166 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% as a master's student with me working on a group of beetles, 14:30.266 --> 14:34.500 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and just couldn't quite get to the point 14:34.600 --> 14:36.700 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% where he wanted to actually get serious enough 14:36.800 --> 14:39.966 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% to do the research and do the publishing. 14:40.066 --> 14:41.966 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% But he's an insane collector. 14:42.066 --> 14:44.000 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% He's the guy that you either would definitely 14:44.100 --> 14:45.800 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% want to go fishing with, 14:45.900 --> 14:49.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% or you would never want to be in the same boat with, 14:49.166 --> 14:51.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% 'cause if you show it to him and say, 14:51.333 --> 14:54.633 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% I want some of these, he will find them no matter what it is, 14:54.733 --> 14:57.066 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% if it's a beetle, a fly, a wasp, or anything. 14:57.166 --> 14:59.833 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% He's got the only one of umpteen things 14:59.933 --> 15:01.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that are in our collection. 15:02.866 --> 15:07.366 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Jeff has also done a lot more these days with photography, 15:07.466 --> 15:10.300 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% which he's taken up, which is a lot easier to manage 15:10.400 --> 15:12.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% than collecting and killing and pinning 15:12.333 --> 15:14.433 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and mounting and labeling, I guess. 15:14.533 --> 15:16.900 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Kyle Johnson, another former student of mine, 15:17.000 --> 15:21.133 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% just got back from Canada and Alaska 15:21.233 --> 15:24.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and works on largely alpine 15:24.600 --> 15:27.833 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and also bog-related butterflies. 15:29.266 --> 15:31.966 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Current student Ann Marsh works on a group of beetles, 15:32.066 --> 15:34.566 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% a sub-family of, Staphylinoidea. 15:34.666 --> 15:37.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% So Coleoptera, the largest family, 15:37.366 --> 15:39.266 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I mean the largest order of anything on the planet. 15:39.366 --> 15:43.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% The largest family within that order is the Staphylinoidea. 15:43.500 --> 15:45.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% These are the rove beetles. 15:45.566 --> 15:47.900 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And when Ann said she wanted to work on rove beetles, 15:48.000 --> 15:49.566 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% I said, no way. 15:49.666 --> 15:52.866 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% There's like 65,000 species of these things. 15:52.966 --> 15:55.566 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% You're not going to work on those for a master's. 15:55.666 --> 16:00.566 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% But we did find one sub-family, and the Tachyporines, 16:00.666 --> 16:02.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% which actually there's a pretty good literature on, 16:03.033 --> 16:04.900 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% because a Canadian worked on them quite a bit. 16:05.000 --> 16:08.633 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So she's working on a faunistic survey of the state 16:08.733 --> 16:10.833 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% to give us a better idea, a better baseline 16:10.933 --> 16:12.733 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% of what's here in Wisconsin. 16:13.866 --> 16:17.366 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Another former student is an undergrad, Robert Otto, 16:17.466 --> 16:20.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% didn't do any graduate work here, but he's probably published more 16:20.533 --> 16:24.333 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% than any of my grad students, probably all of them combined. 16:24.433 --> 16:29.500 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% He works on a relatively modest-sized family of beetles 16:29.600 --> 16:32.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that look a lot like click beetles, but aren't. 16:32.566 --> 16:34.966 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Keri Steiger, another one of my former students, 16:35.066 --> 16:37.533 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% worked on a group of longhorn beetles. 16:37.633 --> 16:40.400 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Jackie Wisnat, that's one, two, three, 16:40.500 --> 16:43.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% four, five, six, or seven rows back there, 16:43.900 --> 16:47.466 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% my newest student, and she will be 16:47.566 --> 16:51.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% getting really, really, really serious with a proposal, 16:51.100 --> 16:53.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and she's going to be working, like Ann, 16:53.300 --> 16:56.166 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% a faunistic survey of the family Tetratomidae, 16:56.266 --> 16:57.900 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% relatively small family of beetles, 16:58.000 --> 17:00.466 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% again, with a pretty good literature base. 17:00.566 --> 17:02.200 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% These are fungus feeders, 17:02.300 --> 17:05.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and Jackie's fresh off from a good fungus course 17:05.866 --> 17:07.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% that we had here last semester, 17:08.066 --> 17:10.500 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% so she'll be able to make a nice marriage 17:10.600 --> 17:13.700 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% between her knowledge of fungi and the beetles. 17:13.800 --> 17:17.466 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% And then lastly, Andrew Williams, on my list. 17:17.566 --> 17:19.400 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Andrew is an honorary fellow. 17:19.500 --> 17:23.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% He's sort of a prairie insect enthusiast. 17:27.966 --> 17:33.033 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Housing, so we moved into Russell Labs in 1963, 17:33.133 --> 17:36.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% so I guess it was destined to have some remodeling done. 17:37.466 --> 17:41.700 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Our space on the third floor occupies 1,141 square feet. 17:41.800 --> 17:47.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% Now, I put in here that approximately 830 square feet 17:47.200 --> 17:51.066 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% has been allocated to the actual cabinetry footprint. 17:51.166 --> 17:53.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% That's actually probably a little bit larger now. 17:53.700 --> 17:55.300 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% I didn't go back and remeasure it. 17:55.400 --> 17:58.566 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% But Craig, Dr. Brabant's been very, very good 17:58.666 --> 18:02.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% at squishing space, which is something we very much 18:02.233 --> 18:04.000 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% always need around here. 18:05.100 --> 18:07.466 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Who decided that building a capitol on an isthmus 18:07.566 --> 18:09.200 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% was a great idea, 18:09.300 --> 18:11.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and then putting a massive university there? 18:12.233 --> 18:14.366 align:left position:42.5%,start line:5% size:47.5% Anyway. 18:14.466 --> 18:17.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% So we have always been struggling for space 18:17.633 --> 18:18.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to accommodate our growth, 18:19.066 --> 18:20.933 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% because we are not a static collection at all. 18:21.033 --> 18:24.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% We grow very, very consistently throughout the years, 18:24.800 --> 18:26.466 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% especially since I've been director, 18:26.566 --> 18:28.300 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% because we have a lot of students, 18:28.400 --> 18:30.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% we have a lot of work going on, 18:30.266 --> 18:33.966 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and we're not just a dust ball sort of a collection. 18:34.066 --> 18:38.966 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So in addition to our space that we have here, 18:39.066 --> 18:41.533 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% we've got a small storage space in the basement, 18:41.633 --> 18:43.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% which is largely where we keep 18:43.200 --> 18:46.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% collecting gear and things like that, 18:46.466 --> 18:49.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% a very small storage space out at the West Madison Farms 18:49.600 --> 18:51.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% in one of the outbuildings. 18:51.600 --> 18:53.633 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% On the first floor right now 18:53.733 --> 18:55.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% between the two teaching labs that we have, 18:55.700 --> 18:57.766 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% there's a little lab where we have 18:57.866 --> 19:00.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% one of our imaging systems that we use 19:00.433 --> 19:02.833 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% for taking good pictures. 19:04.866 --> 19:06.466 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% But we've updated that, 19:06.566 --> 19:08.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and we now have another imaging system 19:08.366 --> 19:09.833 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% up in the main collection, as well, 19:09.933 --> 19:12.066 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% which we'll peek at here briefly. 19:13.366 --> 19:17.233 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% So yeah, we have dedicated space 19:17.333 --> 19:20.066 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% by the department and college as a collecting facility. 19:20.166 --> 19:22.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% We have a space, and again, I'll show you some pictures 19:22.633 --> 19:26.066 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% of these things, where we could house a few researchers. 19:26.166 --> 19:28.433 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% Sometimes these are undergraduates or graduate students 19:28.533 --> 19:30.866 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% that are volunteering, sometimes they're visiting scientists 19:30.966 --> 19:32.400 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% that spend some time with us. 19:32.500 --> 19:35.600 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And we also have an office for the curator, 19:35.700 --> 19:40.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% a small library of some of our resources. 19:40.466 --> 19:42.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% Steenbock, of course, is right next door, so that's handy, 19:43.033 --> 19:45.300 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and every third thing these days is digitized, 19:45.400 --> 19:47.333 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% so that makes it pretty handy too, 19:47.433 --> 19:50.400 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and then that imaging facility that I'll show you. 19:50.500 --> 19:52.966 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% So our major holdings now are a whole bunch of names 19:53.066 --> 19:54.466 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% that won't mean anything to you, 19:54.566 --> 19:58.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% but suffice to say, we have a lot of additional areas 19:59.066 --> 20:02.333 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that we have expanded to accommodate now, as well. 20:02.433 --> 20:05.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I'm one floor up, my office and my suite of offices 20:05.866 --> 20:07.400 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and labs space where my grad students are 20:07.500 --> 20:09.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% is one floor up in the fourth floor. 20:12.100 --> 20:16.733 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% So in addition to our space that we have in Russell, 20:16.833 --> 20:21.233 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% as I said, over the years, we did all that we could. 20:21.333 --> 20:24.100 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I think most of my floor burns from my knees are gone 20:24.200 --> 20:26.766 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% from begging the college for more space, 20:26.866 --> 20:30.800 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% but there was, in the stock pavilion, 20:30.900 --> 20:35.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% which is still a stock pavilion, there is a third floor 20:35.866 --> 20:38.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that had become, basically, 20:38.900 --> 20:44.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% a warehouse for things that people didn't want anymore. 20:46.233 --> 20:50.566 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5% Yeah, there's that place in Hogwarts kind of like that, right? 20:50.666 --> 20:55.566 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% So we were able-- Well, one of the deans 20:55.666 --> 21:01.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% walked me over and said, you know, do you have a vision? 21:01.566 --> 21:03.433 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% (laughter) 21:03.533 --> 21:06.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Well, I'm not that tall, so seeing over all this stuff 21:06.266 --> 21:10.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% was the first problem, but that is the space. 21:10.966 --> 21:14.566 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% We were able to get a couple of different pools of money, 21:14.666 --> 21:17.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and the college and some of the other departments around 21:17.533 --> 21:19.066 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% were very helpful to us, 21:19.166 --> 21:21.700 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and physical plant was helpful, as well. 21:21.800 --> 21:24.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% Basically, we were able to clean out that space, 21:24.466 --> 21:27.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% remodel the third floor of the stock pavilion, 21:27.633 --> 21:29.933 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and this is what you see right now 21:30.033 --> 21:33.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% It functionally opened in 2010. 21:33.133 --> 21:37.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Compared to the other side, to the Russell Lab facility, 21:37.933 --> 21:42.300 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% this looks a whole lot more jumbled up, because it is. 21:42.400 --> 21:45.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% It's a vastly larger space. 21:45.433 --> 21:49.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% It quadruples our potential footprint. 21:49.266 --> 21:52.266 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% But it also houses, pretty much all the cabinetry 21:52.366 --> 21:54.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and boxes that you see there are all 21:54.866 --> 21:57.333 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% those disgusting Lepidoptera, 21:57.433 --> 22:01.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% which is the last major group of insects 22:01.266 --> 22:06.000 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% that we have to reorganize, to re-catalog, 22:06.100 --> 22:10.366 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% to reclassify, and so that's our major task 22:10.466 --> 22:12.900 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% that basically is underway right now. 22:14.333 --> 22:18.133 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% There's also back this way a room that we will dedicate 22:18.233 --> 22:21.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to a reference room that'll have a little bit more sizable 22:21.500 --> 22:23.433 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% library and reprints and things of that nature, 22:23.533 --> 22:25.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% a place for people to study. 22:25.533 --> 22:29.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% And again, what we did was we divided that room so that 22:29.700 --> 22:35.866 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% the massive order of insects that's over in the annex, 22:35.966 --> 22:39.300 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% which we typically refer to that space 22:39.400 --> 22:42.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% in the stock pavilion, houses the Lepidoptera, 22:42.800 --> 22:45.100 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% you know, butterflies and moths. 22:45.200 --> 22:47.666 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% There are micros that you can hardly see. 22:47.766 --> 22:51.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% But a lot of butterflies and moths are grossly large, 22:51.233 --> 22:56.033 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% for insects, small for mammals, but large for insects, 22:56.133 --> 22:58.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% and they take up a lot of room. 22:58.433 --> 23:00.100 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So in order to build that collection, 23:00.200 --> 23:02.766 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% we have to have a lot of space available. 23:02.866 --> 23:06.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% We had the potential of acquiring one of the best 23:07.066 --> 23:10.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% collections of hummingbird moths in the state, 23:10.533 --> 23:13.366 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and we had to turn it down, because we didn't have room for it. 23:13.466 --> 23:16.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% That was some years ago, and it went to the Milwaukee Public Museum. 23:16.700 --> 23:18.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% But we're now in a much better shape 23:18.866 --> 23:21.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to take on new collections, but at any rate, 23:21.566 --> 23:23.566 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% the real, real large order of insects 23:23.666 --> 23:26.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that's over in the annex is the Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths. 23:27.000 --> 23:29.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% But also, we acquired, when he retired, 23:29.800 --> 23:32.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% the Hilsenhoff aquatic insect collection. 23:32.133 --> 23:35.200 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% This is a massive collection of aquatic insects, 23:35.300 --> 23:38.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% almost entirely from Wisconsin. 23:38.600 --> 23:40.733 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Bill Hilsenhoff spent his whole career here, 23:40.833 --> 23:43.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% his undergraduate, his graduate, his faculty time 23:43.366 --> 23:45.300 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% all was at the UW-Madison. 23:45.400 --> 23:47.400 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% When he retired, I took over his space, 23:47.500 --> 23:51.466 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% so 445 were his digs eons ago. 23:51.566 --> 23:56.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% And literally, if it rained hard and there was a mud puddle, 23:56.900 --> 23:58.800 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% he probably collected there. 23:58.900 --> 24:01.233 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% If it was aquatic, he probably collected there. 24:01.333 --> 24:03.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Anywhere in the state there's probably been stuff 24:03.966 --> 24:05.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that Hilsenhoff collected. 24:08.100 --> 24:11.333 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So those are largely research spaces. 24:11.433 --> 24:14.500 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% In addition to that, it's under our purview 24:14.600 --> 24:18.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to also maintain and manage our instructional collections, 24:18.200 --> 24:19.700 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% our teaching collections. 24:19.800 --> 24:24.500 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% So our teaching laboratories are rooms 147 and 153 24:24.600 --> 24:27.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in Russell Labs, and this is a shot just looking 24:27.300 --> 24:32.100 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% at the entryway to 153, where a few of our cabinets are 24:32.200 --> 24:34.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% that house our teaching collections 24:34.366 --> 24:37.566 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% that support our introductory entomology, 24:37.666 --> 24:40.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% our taxonomy courses, our medical entomology course, 24:40.833 --> 24:44.933 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65% economic entomology, courses where we're going to use specimens 24:45.033 --> 24:46.700 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% with students to help teach. 24:46.800 --> 24:51.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% So that's about equivalent of 15 24-drawer cabinets. 24:54.500 --> 24:56.466 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Some of our outreach materials are also, 24:56.566 --> 24:59.933 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% when we go out to schools and whatnot. 25:01.400 --> 25:03.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% So taxonomic scope and strengths, 25:03.866 --> 25:08.866 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% as was noted, we have probably over 3 million specimens now. 25:09.933 --> 25:11.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% I challenge any of you 25:11.766 --> 25:13.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% to dispute the number. 25:14.066 --> 25:17.400 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% (laughter) 25:17.500 --> 25:22.300 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% But we have probably almost double that, 25:22.400 --> 25:26.166 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% probably over, in excess of 5 million specimens 25:26.266 --> 25:29.200 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% that are what we call bulk specimens. 25:29.300 --> 25:32.566 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So when we go out and collect, typically, 25:32.666 --> 25:35.566 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I mean, you probably can think of, you know, 25:35.666 --> 25:38.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% the crazy dude with Coke bottle glasses on, and the white lab coat, 25:39.033 --> 25:41.700 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% stumbling through the meadows with a net. 25:41.800 --> 25:43.166 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% That would be Kyle. 25:43.266 --> 25:44.733 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% He would kind of do that probably. 25:44.833 --> 25:47.000 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% But most of us don't collect that way. 25:47.100 --> 25:51.266 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Most of us use fairly large trapping systems 25:51.366 --> 25:53.733 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% that actively or passively trap insects 25:53.833 --> 25:55.433 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that are coming through. 25:55.533 --> 25:58.633 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% So when we do that, you accumulate 25:58.733 --> 26:01.566 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% massive amounts of material, 26:01.666 --> 26:07.700 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and so a jar, a single jar from a single week's collection 26:07.800 --> 26:10.633 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% may have thousands of specimens, 26:10.733 --> 26:12.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and they're way too good to throw away, 26:12.433 --> 26:14.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% even though you're probably only looking, really, 26:14.666 --> 26:17.300 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% for one or two things in that jar. 26:17.400 --> 26:21.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% So everything else gets bulked into ethyl alcohol, 26:21.666 --> 26:25.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% where it waits for the next person to be interested in it 26:25.633 --> 26:28.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% or to do some more sorting of it and things like that. 26:28.466 --> 26:33.033 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% So that is a massive backlog that we will always have. 26:39.400 --> 26:42.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% So as I said, our historical and current strengths, 26:42.533 --> 26:44.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, 26:44.433 --> 26:46.200 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I mentioned also the wasps, 26:46.300 --> 26:48.733 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% the bees and wasps of the Hymenoptera. 26:48.833 --> 26:52.633 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Wasps get a lot of attention in relatively recent days, 26:52.733 --> 26:55.133 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% because a lot of them are parasitoids 26:55.233 --> 26:58.166 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% of economically significant insects, 26:58.266 --> 26:59.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% so they're the good guys, 26:59.966 --> 27:03.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and so people need to know what in the world they are 27:04.000 --> 27:05.833 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% in order to study their biology, 27:05.933 --> 27:07.866 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% so understanding the taxonomy of them 27:07.966 --> 27:09.366 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% is incredibly important, 27:09.466 --> 27:11.366 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% so that you put this parasitoid together 27:11.466 --> 27:13.433 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% with this particular group of problems 27:13.533 --> 27:15.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and can figure out what's going on. 27:18.900 --> 27:24.200 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Also, even more recently, the pollinators, 27:24.300 --> 27:28.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% the bees and some of the wasps are incredibly important, 27:29.033 --> 27:31.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% significant, and much maligned 27:31.933 --> 27:34.466 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% by the way we've been treating the planet. 27:35.466 --> 27:38.633 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% So interest has really, really swelled 27:38.733 --> 27:40.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% with what do we have out there 27:40.766 --> 27:43.200 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% in the way of native pollinators 27:43.300 --> 27:46.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and also those vagabond pollinators like the honey bee, 27:46.666 --> 27:49.833 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% which, of course, is not native to the US at all. 27:51.166 --> 27:53.766 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Diptera, by virtue of the fact they're just so cool, 27:53.866 --> 27:56.433 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% if I didn't work on beetles, I'd probably work on flies, 27:56.533 --> 27:59.633 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% but also the medical significance is massive. 27:59.733 --> 28:03.366 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% And we have a brand new, highly-funded center 28:03.466 --> 28:09.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% for study of, particularly blood-feeding Diptera, 28:09.600 --> 28:11.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% mosquitoes and so on, and ticks as well, 28:11.966 --> 28:13.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% which aren't insects, but-- 28:18.366 --> 28:21.866 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% So all of that... 28:23.100 --> 28:25.733 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Yeah, all of that 28:25.833 --> 28:29.633 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and again, 21,000 specimens per year in recent years, 28:29.733 --> 28:31.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% that's a dorky average. 28:31.866 --> 28:36.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% I mean, look at the jars, take a cubic inch, 28:36.300 --> 28:40.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and extrapolate it, and it's a silly number, 28:40.333 --> 28:41.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% it's not a real number, 28:42.033 --> 28:45.966 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% but it's mainly meant to tell you 28:46.066 --> 28:48.200 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% that it's a very active collection, 28:48.300 --> 28:51.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% that there certainly are a number of collections out there 28:51.533 --> 28:53.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% that are basically mothballed. 28:53.400 --> 28:55.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% They're cared for, but they don't grow. 28:55.333 --> 28:57.633 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% They're relatively stagnant. 28:57.733 --> 28:59.500 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% Ours is definitely not that. 29:00.633 --> 29:03.366 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% So some of our noteworthy holdings, 29:03.466 --> 29:07.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as I mentioned, our first director, Charles Fluke, 29:07.266 --> 29:11.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% he was a specialist on that group of flies, 29:11.166 --> 29:15.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the syrphid flies, hover flies, or flower flies, 29:15.800 --> 29:17.633 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% because you usually find them in flowers. 29:17.733 --> 29:20.800 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% No, that's not a wasp, that's a fly. 29:20.900 --> 29:23.733 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% They tend to very commonly mimic wasps. 29:23.833 --> 29:28.366 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75% And if you really get to the point you know the difference, you can show off. 29:28.466 --> 29:30.466 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% You can go out there and grab with your hand, 29:30.566 --> 29:32.200 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% and if you're with somebody, they'll be freaking out 29:32.300 --> 29:35.166 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% that you're trying to collect a wasp with your hand. 29:35.266 --> 29:37.300 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Make sure you get pretty good at it. 29:37.400 --> 29:39.433 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% (laughter) 29:39.533 --> 29:42.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% It's a little embarrassing when you suddenly get stung, but-- 29:42.366 --> 29:45.433 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% This one particular family of flies, 29:45.533 --> 29:49.533 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% we have over 16,000 specimens in our collection, 29:49.633 --> 29:53.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and as I said, it's probably just about the best 29:53.366 --> 29:56.266 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% in North America, probably even better than the Smithsonian, 29:56.366 --> 29:59.300 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and one of the best in the world. 29:59.400 --> 30:02.000 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% In fact, one of the syrphid specialists 30:02.100 --> 30:04.066 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% who retired from the Smithsonian 30:04.166 --> 30:06.633 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% commonly would be asking us for stuff. 30:08.200 --> 30:12.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% The Marshall Collection, I haven't been able to find out 30:12.166 --> 30:14.066 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% just a whole lot about Marshall. 30:14.166 --> 30:17.500 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% He was a faculty member in the zoology department, 30:17.600 --> 30:22.800 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and a lot of the nucleus of our collection came from him, 30:22.900 --> 30:28.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and also from his bandying back and forth with other folks. 30:28.666 --> 30:32.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% A lot of collectors will trade material with other people. 30:32.600 --> 30:34.366 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% I got some cool stuff from Wisconsin, 30:34.466 --> 30:37.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% you got some cool stuff from Missouri, why don't we switch stuff, 30:37.366 --> 30:39.500 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and we'll get more species and so on. 30:39.600 --> 30:43.800 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So the nucleus of our collection is probably 30:43.900 --> 30:45.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% largely from Marshall. 30:45.400 --> 30:48.100 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% There aren't too many insect drawers in our collection 30:48.200 --> 30:50.700 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% that you can open up without finding Marshall's name 30:50.800 --> 30:52.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% popping up here and there. 30:53.700 --> 30:56.633 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Gene DeFoliart was a medical entomologist 30:56.733 --> 30:58.700 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and on-and-off chair of the department 30:58.800 --> 31:00.600 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% a couple of different times. 31:01.633 --> 31:07.466 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% He worked largely on mosquitoes, so Culicidae, mosquitoes. 31:07.566 --> 31:09.566 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% We've got a fairly substantial collection 31:09.666 --> 31:14.433 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% of wet and dry alcohol-preserved slide-mounted 31:14.533 --> 31:16.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Chloropidae, you know those little gnats 31:16.966 --> 31:19.400 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% that just like to hang around your eyes, 31:19.500 --> 31:20.900 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% sort of eye-gnat things? 31:21.000 --> 31:22.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Those are chloropids, and there actually are a few 31:22.966 --> 31:26.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% in the tropics that will transmit some pathogens. 31:27.033 --> 31:29.933 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% None of ours do, but they still bother you. 31:31.233 --> 31:34.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And he also, and I didn't really know this 31:34.433 --> 31:35.833 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% until a little bit more recently, 31:35.933 --> 31:37.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% but he started out like a lot of entomologists, 31:37.966 --> 31:40.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% as a stupid Lepidopterist. 31:40.433 --> 31:44.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And he actually did a lot of his work 31:44.466 --> 31:49.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% as a student in Wyoming and actually published 31:49.400 --> 31:52.500 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% a paper on the butterflies of Wyoming. 31:52.600 --> 31:58.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% And when he died, his daughter contacted us and said, 31:58.466 --> 32:00.700 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% you know, my dad had all these cabinets. 32:00.800 --> 32:02.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I said, yeah, I remember seeing them at the house. 32:02.700 --> 32:05.233 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% You couldn't miss them. You even like almost stumbled over them. 32:05.333 --> 32:06.733 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% He was very proud of them. 32:06.833 --> 32:08.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% And I thought they all had mosquitoes in them, 32:08.733 --> 32:10.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% but they were large, and they had a massive number 32:10.966 --> 32:15.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% of these specimens that are historically very significant 32:15.133 --> 32:17.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% because of the age and the fact that a lot of these places 32:18.000 --> 32:19.700 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% are now corn. 32:21.133 --> 32:23.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% So we acquired that collection 32:23.900 --> 32:26.933 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% of more than 5,000 specimens of butterflies. 32:28.266 --> 32:32.333 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Bob Dick was also, he was largely, I guess, 32:32.433 --> 32:34.000 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% it's hard to pin some of these folks down, 32:34.100 --> 32:36.933 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% but he was largely a morphologist. 32:37.033 --> 32:39.933 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% He put together a ginormous manuscript 32:40.033 --> 32:43.566 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% on morphology of insects, never published it. 32:43.666 --> 32:46.800 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% But he also did a lot of work on mosquitoes. 32:46.900 --> 32:50.233 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% So we have approximately 14,000 mounted 32:50.333 --> 32:53.400 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and 6,000 slides of mosquitoes from him. 32:55.700 --> 33:00.400 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% There was a worker named Dennis that actually was at Whitewater. 33:00.500 --> 33:02.266 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% He was a faculty member at Whitewater, 33:02.366 --> 33:06.433 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% and he collected tree hoppers. 33:07.800 --> 33:11.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The little guys you see, image there, are tree hoppers. 33:11.233 --> 33:12.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% They're in the order Hemeptera. 33:12.900 --> 33:16.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% And we have a large number, roughly 10,000 specimens 33:17.033 --> 33:19.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that came to us from Whitewater. 33:19.600 --> 33:21.100 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% I mentioned the Hilsenhoff collection, 33:21.200 --> 33:24.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% almost 200,000 specimens, aquatic insects, 33:24.800 --> 33:27.900 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% and again, mostly Wisconsin material. 33:28.000 --> 33:31.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Walt Suter was faculty member at Kenosha College, 33:31.300 --> 33:34.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and we ended up getting a fair amount of his stuff, 33:34.766 --> 33:39.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% some went elsewhere, but we have about 24 drawers 33:39.600 --> 33:41.866 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% of material that Suter collected. 33:41.966 --> 33:46.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Towards the end of his lifetime, he did a lot of survey work 33:46.333 --> 33:49.200 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% up in Waushara County, and we got an extensive amount 33:49.300 --> 33:51.600 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% of material from him. 33:51.700 --> 33:54.600 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% Another one of these enthusiasts, 33:54.700 --> 33:58.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% just sort of came out of the blue, Gary Lachmund, 33:58.233 --> 34:01.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% he was in New York, and he contacted us and said, 34:01.166 --> 34:04.366 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% you know, I have some heartstrings in Wisconsin, 34:04.466 --> 34:07.300 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% grew up in southeastern Wisconsin, 34:07.400 --> 34:14.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% so his collection of almost 700 specimens of one genus 34:14.200 --> 34:20.400 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% of moths came to us, and that is historically significant, 34:20.500 --> 34:23.200 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% because most of those localities don't exist anymore. 34:23.300 --> 34:26.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% And what few do, probably won't before long. 34:28.600 --> 34:31.800 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% There are two workers that are revising, 34:31.900 --> 34:34.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% that are taxonomically revising this group, 34:34.533 --> 34:36.566 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% this genus of moths, 34:36.666 --> 34:39.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and they have spent weeks and weeks and weeks here 34:39.700 --> 34:42.633 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% on and off, studying his material 34:42.733 --> 34:44.700 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and are anxious to get back again, 34:44.800 --> 34:47.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% once we get our imaging system back up and running again, 34:47.866 --> 34:51.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% but again, one of these extremely valuable collections. 34:52.400 --> 34:54.966 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% I have on and off throughout the years, 34:55.066 --> 34:58.033 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% just a few thousand at a time each year, 34:58.133 --> 35:00.400 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% donated my beetle collection, 35:00.500 --> 35:03.533 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% which is more than 200,000 specimens, 35:03.633 --> 35:07.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% just sort of shove a little bit more towards the collection 35:07.566 --> 35:12.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% each year, and ultimately will be giving most of it to the collection. 35:12.233 --> 35:15.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% The groups that I primarily do my research on, 35:15.266 --> 35:17.366 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% I'm not sure what I'm going to do with those. 35:17.466 --> 35:24.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% Some may come here, but the two centers for taxonomic research 35:24.333 --> 35:26.233 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% in the group that I work on primarily 35:26.333 --> 35:28.266 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% are in London and Paris. 35:28.366 --> 35:31.700 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Paris's collection is a mess, even though it's probably 35:31.800 --> 35:34.100 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% one of the largest ones in the world. 35:34.200 --> 35:37.066 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% So I'm probably going to donate a lot of that stuff 35:37.166 --> 35:41.000 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% to the Natural History Museum in London, 35:41.100 --> 35:43.033 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% which is not the British Museum. 35:44.066 --> 35:47.000 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Rosetta Stone, not bugs. (Laughter) 35:47.100 --> 35:49.166 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Natural History Museum, bugs. 35:49.266 --> 35:52.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% Down the road from Harrods, Cromwell Road, bugs. 35:52.133 --> 35:56.133 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% (Laughter) 35:56.233 --> 35:58.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% I don't remember the year. 35:58.133 --> 36:00.500 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Wasn't that long ago, out of the blue, again, 36:00.600 --> 36:04.700 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% St. Joseph College, which is in Rensselaer, Indiana, 36:04.800 --> 36:06.966 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% decided that, A, they didn't want to keep 36:07.066 --> 36:08.800 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% their collection anymore, and then shortly after that, 36:08.900 --> 36:11.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% they decided they weren't going to be a university anymore, 36:11.766 --> 36:13.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% so we were able to grab up 36:14.000 --> 36:15.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% the St. Joseph College of Lepidoptera, 36:16.066 --> 36:18.033 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% which is about 40 drawers of Lepidoptera, 36:18.133 --> 36:20.133 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% largely from Indiana, 36:20.233 --> 36:22.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% but also some worldwide stuff, as well. 36:22.633 --> 36:24.633 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% So scope... 36:28.300 --> 36:32.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% bearing in mind the good old tri-part admission 36:32.966 --> 36:36.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% of a land grant university, we serve primarily, 36:36.166 --> 36:38.366 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% I mean, we are largely to serve you, 36:38.466 --> 36:40.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% the people of Wisconsin. 36:40.233 --> 36:43.133 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% So our strength is largely Wisconsin. 36:43.233 --> 36:47.133 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% There's no other place that has more Wisconsin insects 36:47.233 --> 36:48.833 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% than our collection. 36:48.933 --> 36:52.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% There's really no other definitive research collection 36:52.366 --> 36:56.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% with a primary focus of research in the entire state. 36:56.200 --> 36:57.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% The only one that would come close would be 36:58.033 --> 36:59.600 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% the Milwaukee Public Museum, 36:59.700 --> 37:02.866 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and even that is only largely due to the fact 37:02.966 --> 37:06.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that the most recent hire is very much interested 37:06.900 --> 37:09.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in promoting the profile of the research program, 37:09.900 --> 37:11.800 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% stuff that you would never see if you go 37:11.900 --> 37:13.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% to the Milwaukee Public Museum, 37:13.400 --> 37:15.033 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% because it's all behind the scenes, 37:15.133 --> 37:17.966 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% but a very important collection, as well. 37:19.366 --> 37:23.666 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% But in addition, our secondary area of strength 37:23.766 --> 37:25.533 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% would be the Great Lakes region. 37:25.633 --> 37:28.266 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% I did a lot of my work in Michigan, 37:28.366 --> 37:30.733 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and all of that stuff is coming here 37:30.833 --> 37:32.566 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% through dribs and drabs. 37:32.666 --> 37:35.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% We have a large number of folks that are working 37:35.500 --> 37:41.166 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% in Minnesota, in Manitoba, in Illinois, so we get a lot of that. 37:41.266 --> 37:43.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So the Great Lakes is certainly a strength of ours, 37:43.966 --> 37:46.400 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and particularly the Western Great Lakes. 37:46.500 --> 37:49.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And then a tertiary strength would be worldwide. 37:49.333 --> 37:52.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% We do have material from all over the world. 37:52.300 --> 37:54.466 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% In fact, when my curator just came back 37:54.566 --> 37:56.500 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% from his little meeting in Japan, 37:56.600 --> 37:59.100 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% he brought me three specimens of the group that I work on. 37:59.200 --> 38:01.666 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% I was very happy about that. 38:03.066 --> 38:07.466 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% So digitization, this is the drop-word these days 38:07.566 --> 38:11.100 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% in what we do in all of natural history, 38:11.200 --> 38:13.633 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% not only insects, but pretty much everything. 38:13.733 --> 38:15.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% I'm going to be heading to New Zealand in 10 days, 38:15.866 --> 38:18.300 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% and every other paper's going to be about digitization. 38:18.400 --> 38:21.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% It gets to be incredibly technical and kind of boring, 38:21.233 --> 38:24.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% because I like to look at bugs and real things. 38:24.666 --> 38:27.466 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% But it is where a lot of 38:27.566 --> 38:29.733 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% the bang for the buck is these days. 38:29.833 --> 38:33.133 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% This is that 2020 grant that I mentioned. 38:33.233 --> 38:36.800 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% So in the lower image, you will see 38:36.900 --> 38:42.233 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% a shot of our digitizing room, our imaging room. 38:42.333 --> 38:47.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% So we have robotic system, which is shown here. 38:47.533 --> 38:51.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% This came to us as part of a grant that we had 38:51.333 --> 38:53.333 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% that ran out a couple of years ago. 38:53.433 --> 38:55.366 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% But this was meant, the idea, 38:55.466 --> 38:57.100 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% which didn't turn out all that grand, 38:57.200 --> 39:01.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% but the idea was to be able to image entire drawers 39:01.566 --> 39:03.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% of insects at one time. 39:03.733 --> 39:07.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% So that drawer that you see with all those insects 39:07.333 --> 39:09.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% was imaged at one time. 39:09.300 --> 39:11.033 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% The whole thing was done at one time. 39:11.133 --> 39:14.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% And then you can pan up on that and get pretty good 39:14.166 --> 39:16.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% images of each of those individual specimens. 39:16.833 --> 39:19.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Trying to take individual images 39:19.266 --> 39:21.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of more than 3 million specimens 39:21.500 --> 39:26.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% with 21,000 coming in new each year is simply impossible. 39:26.333 --> 39:32.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% You will never even come close to catching up or keeping up. 39:32.400 --> 39:35.066 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% So this was an idea that we had 39:35.166 --> 39:37.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% with a number of other collections around the country 39:37.833 --> 39:39.633 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% that said, let's try this. 39:39.733 --> 39:42.700 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Let's work with some computer engineers. 39:42.800 --> 39:46.100 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% These were folks down at the Illinois Natural History survey. 39:46.200 --> 39:49.366 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% And they came up with after four or five designs 39:49.466 --> 39:52.833 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% this robot system for imaging drawers. 39:52.933 --> 39:57.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% And Jackie's one of our resident specialists in imaging. 39:57.200 --> 40:01.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% We also have a system back here, 40:01.666 --> 40:03.700 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% if you can see where I'm pointing, 40:03.800 --> 40:06.600 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% that's a really, really nice SLR camera 40:06.700 --> 40:10.233 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% on a rail system so you can take sort of external 40:10.333 --> 40:13.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% CAT scans of insects, and then compile all of those 40:13.766 --> 40:17.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% images together to get extremely high resolution 40:17.633 --> 40:20.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% compacted pictures of insects, which is pretty cool, too. 40:22.433 --> 40:25.900 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% So our digitization efforts are twofold. 40:26.000 --> 40:29.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% One would be, what does that specimen look like 40:29.400 --> 40:33.233 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% in some detail, but secondly the data, 40:33.333 --> 40:36.366 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% the data that are associated with that. 40:36.466 --> 40:39.300 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% I say and I tell my students this 40:39.400 --> 40:42.333 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% in Introductory Entomology, a specimen, 40:42.433 --> 40:44.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% whether it's an insect or a herbarium specimen 40:45.066 --> 40:48.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% or a mineral or an artifact from an Indian mound, 40:48.933 --> 40:51.800 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% those specimens have value to science 40:51.900 --> 40:54.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% from two rather disparate, 40:54.600 --> 40:57.466 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% but yet totally united points of view. 40:57.566 --> 40:59.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% One is the specimen itself. 40:59.600 --> 41:02.266 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% What's its anatomy? What's its morphology? 41:02.366 --> 41:04.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% What are those things hanging out? 41:05.266 --> 41:08.100 align:left position:10%,start line:5% size:80% Secondly, however, are the data. 41:08.200 --> 41:12.166 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% The data are incredibly important. 41:12.266 --> 41:17.066 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% Without the data, all you have is a pretty specimen. 41:17.166 --> 41:21.400 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% It has artistic value, it may have some personal value, 41:21.500 --> 41:23.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% but scientifically, it has no value. 41:23.466 --> 41:25.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% There's no value at all. Specimens come to us, 41:26.033 --> 41:28.566 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% they could be the coolest looking things in the world, 41:28.666 --> 41:30.300 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% from some crazy part of the world, 41:30.400 --> 41:33.000 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% but if they don't have data, they're worthless to us. 41:33.100 --> 41:35.000 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% We would put them in our outreach collection. 41:35.100 --> 41:36.600 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% We'd put them in our teaching collection. 41:36.700 --> 41:38.333 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% We'd say, go show those to some kids, 41:38.433 --> 41:39.966 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and they'll be thrilled, 41:40.066 --> 41:42.166 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% and then they'll break them, and we'll throw them away, 41:42.266 --> 41:43.800 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% because they have no value without the data, 41:43.900 --> 41:47.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% because it's the data that we pull from those specimens 41:47.100 --> 41:53.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that tell us what we know about the state of the world. 41:54.033 --> 41:55.866 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% How things are changing. 41:57.200 --> 41:58.833 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% How things have evolved. 41:58.933 --> 42:02.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% How things are similar. How things are different. 42:02.300 --> 42:06.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% How phenology is changing. 42:08.433 --> 42:11.000 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% The date, the place, the time, the events, 42:11.100 --> 42:13.466 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% all of those things tell us, 42:13.566 --> 42:16.533 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% they paint a massive picture about what's going on. 42:17.933 --> 42:21.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% So we digitize those pieces of information, as well. 42:25.166 --> 42:28.766 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% So some of these words you might know, 42:28.866 --> 42:30.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% others you certainly won't. 42:30.766 --> 42:36.533 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% BIOTA was an early developed digitization software program. 42:36.633 --> 42:41.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% It was originally developed as part of a faunistic study, 42:41.100 --> 42:43.966 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% a long-term faunistic study in Costa Rica 42:44.066 --> 42:46.900 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% that was largely butterflies and then plants, 42:47.000 --> 42:48.733 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and then it was made more widely available. 42:48.833 --> 42:51.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We started out trying to do our efforts with that. 42:51.566 --> 42:54.333 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% It sort of fell off the face of the earth. 42:54.433 --> 42:56.033 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% Some of you are familiar with FileMaker. 42:56.133 --> 42:58.333 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% You can put together folders 42:58.433 --> 43:00.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and make databases with FileMaker. 43:00.866 --> 43:03.166 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% Excel spreadsheets a lot of people use. 43:04.166 --> 43:06.933 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% More recently, we've sort of flipped the coin and said, 43:07.033 --> 43:10.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5% "You know what we're going to do is we're going to go with this new thing." 43:10.466 --> 43:15.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Well, new as in 20 years old, called Specify. 43:15.766 --> 43:20.900 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% It was an NSF-supported product that came out of Kansas 43:21.000 --> 43:23.566 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and has been updated, updated, updated all the time. 43:23.666 --> 43:27.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% So we and most of the other 43:27.133 --> 43:29.233 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% naturalistic collections on campus 43:29.333 --> 43:32.733 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% use that as a database, as a relational database 43:32.833 --> 43:34.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% to dump all of our information into. 43:34.900 --> 43:40.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% And then that information, so that crazy old label there 43:40.100 --> 43:45.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from, what is it, 1931 it looks like, May 24th, 1931, 43:45.666 --> 43:52.000 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% at 4,700 feet in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia. 43:52.100 --> 43:56.000 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% All of that information gets entered, 43:56.100 --> 43:58.933 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and then it becomes relationally available 43:59.033 --> 44:01.733 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% to anybody around the world. 44:01.833 --> 44:04.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we would find, yeah, there's similar specimens 44:05.000 --> 44:09.433 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% like that in Indonesia, Malaysia, and then in London, 44:09.533 --> 44:12.466 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and wow, all of those came from the same series 44:12.566 --> 44:15.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% that was collected by frickin' Pendlebury back in 1931. 44:15.766 --> 44:17.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% We didn't even know that. 44:17.466 --> 44:20.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% So we can reassemble all of those disparate collections, 44:20.500 --> 44:22.400 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% and then we can get a better picture 44:22.500 --> 44:25.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% of what things were like in the good old Cameron Highlands 44:25.133 --> 44:27.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% before it became mostly tea... 44:29.900 --> 44:31.466 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% and palm oil. 44:31.566 --> 44:32.900 align:left position:45%,start line:5% size:45% Okay. 44:33.866 --> 44:37.366 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% So, when we enter those data 44:37.466 --> 44:40.333 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and get the relationally available, digitized, 44:40.433 --> 44:44.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% we then can export those to other places around the world, 44:44.133 --> 44:48.166 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and there's an exporting product called SCAN 44:48.266 --> 44:49.966 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% that we're beginning to use, 44:50.066 --> 44:52.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and again, as I mentioned, we are also a participant, 44:53.033 --> 44:56.466 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% along with most of the other collections on campus, 44:56.566 --> 44:59.233 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% except for anthropology, in this 2020 initiative. 45:01.300 --> 45:04.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% So some of the things that we've been involved with 45:04.666 --> 45:06.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and are involved with. 45:06.366 --> 45:10.133 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% We were co-PI on an NSF-TCN. They love acronyms. 45:10.233 --> 45:13.200 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% So that's a thematic collection network. 45:14.666 --> 45:16.533 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% Should be TCN, not TNC. 45:16.633 --> 45:19.366 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% TCN, Thematic Collection Network. 45:19.466 --> 45:21.966 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% So what that means is you have a theme, 45:22.066 --> 45:25.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% let's try to robotically digitize our collections 45:25.366 --> 45:27.600 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% by doing whole drawer images, that's the theme, 45:27.700 --> 45:30.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% and you get a bunch of collections together, all over the country, 45:30.933 --> 45:32.900 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% all over the world, that say yeah, we want to do that. 45:33.000 --> 45:35.666 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% And you write a proposal, and then it doesn't get accepted, 45:35.766 --> 45:38.200 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% and then you rewrite it, and then it doesn't get accepted, 45:38.300 --> 45:41.100 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% and then you rewrite it a third time, and then maybe it gets accepted, 45:41.200 --> 45:44.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and then they give you some money, and then you can't do what you want to do, 45:44.766 --> 45:48.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% but anyway, that was InvertNet, invertebrate network. 45:48.800 --> 45:52.200 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% That's where that robot system came from. 45:52.300 --> 45:55.366 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% As I mentioned, we are a current participant in SCAN, 45:55.466 --> 45:59.833 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% which stands for Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network. 45:59.933 --> 46:02.466 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% That's out of, is that out of Arizona? 46:02.566 --> 46:05.366 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Do you remember? New Mexico? 46:05.466 --> 46:09.466 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% Southwest of here, down southwest of here, 46:11.433 --> 46:14.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% just east of everything that's on fire, probably. 46:15.933 --> 46:18.633 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% And then we're also right in the midst right now 46:18.733 --> 46:21.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% of partnering with the Milwaukee Public Museum 46:21.233 --> 46:23.433 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and a whole bunch of other collections 46:23.533 --> 46:25.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and submitting a brand new NSL proposal, 46:25.666 --> 46:30.000 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% again, part of that TCN, that Thematic Collection Network, 46:30.100 --> 46:32.533 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% which is going to be referred to as the TPT, 46:32.633 --> 46:34.766 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% the Terrestrial Parasite Tracker. 46:34.866 --> 46:37.200 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% This in keeping with the fact that there's been, 46:37.300 --> 46:39.400 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% none of these thematic collections networks 46:39.500 --> 46:42.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% has meant to try to bridge together the information 46:42.866 --> 46:44.366 align:left position:35%,start line:5% size:55% from a lot of disparate collections 46:44.466 --> 46:46.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% that might've been collecting things 46:46.300 --> 46:49.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that were associated with disease transmission, 46:49.700 --> 46:51.233 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% so vectors. 46:51.333 --> 46:54.133 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% There are a lot of really small specialized collections 46:54.233 --> 46:56.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% that never really ever show up 46:56.800 --> 46:58.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% in a collection like ours. 46:58.500 --> 46:59.833 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% You didn't even know they're there, 46:59.933 --> 47:02.366 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and then some little parasitology lab somewhere 47:02.466 --> 47:04.200 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and somebody has this really great collection, 47:04.300 --> 47:06.800 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% but it never really makes it into a regular collection, 47:06.900 --> 47:09.266 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% but the data are incredible. 47:09.366 --> 47:12.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% And to have access to that and get it all digitized, 47:12.133 --> 47:13.366 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% get it all relationally available 47:13.466 --> 47:16.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% so we can track, so that we can track 47:16.300 --> 47:18.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% what's happening to the species 47:18.433 --> 47:20.166 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% that are the vectors of the pathogens 47:20.266 --> 47:22.333 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% that are making us sick. 47:23.666 --> 47:27.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% So that is a proposal that we're actually in the midst 47:28.033 --> 47:29.800 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% of writing currently. 47:30.933 --> 47:33.900 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Lastly, outreach and educational activities... 47:35.000 --> 47:38.333 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% This is not currently up to date, 47:38.433 --> 47:41.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% although I imagine it's pretty much the same. 47:41.133 --> 47:43.100 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% The three-year average, probably three years ago 47:43.200 --> 47:46.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% last time I did this was about 1,800 individuals a year 47:46.266 --> 47:50.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that touch up against us in some form or other. 47:50.200 --> 47:54.100 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% We do directly or indirectly a number of outreach programs 47:54.200 --> 47:57.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% to K-12, to school systems. 47:57.700 --> 48:00.233 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% We do have site visits each year. 48:00.333 --> 48:03.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% Sometimes we have these things called Bug Workshops. 48:03.166 --> 48:06.033 align:left position:25%,start line:77% size:65% We historically had-- Historically there was money available 48:06.133 --> 48:10.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% through some Eisenhower grants and other things 48:10.300 --> 48:12.166 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that are available to teachers that would come here 48:12.266 --> 48:13.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% for a week or two onto campus, 48:13.866 --> 48:15.766 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% and they would be supported to do that, 48:15.866 --> 48:18.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% and we had workshops for them. 48:18.333 --> 48:20.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% We've become active in 4-H. 48:20.700 --> 48:24.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% There's a 4-H Leader Youth Conference here every year, 48:24.666 --> 48:27.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and we've been participating in that 48:27.366 --> 48:30.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% to help train and support, not only the youth, 48:30.266 --> 48:32.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% but the senior leaders of the projects 48:32.366 --> 48:34.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% and some of the adult leaders as well. 48:34.966 --> 48:36.800 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Several times when entomology 48:36.900 --> 48:40.000 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% has been a thematic part of the Science Olympiad, 48:40.100 --> 48:42.300 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% we've sort of worked with the students 48:42.400 --> 48:44.566 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% that were going to participate in that. 48:44.666 --> 48:48.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% How many of you know of Grandparents University? 48:48.800 --> 48:50.800 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Hi, grandparents. 48:50.900 --> 48:52.466 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% Well, Grandparents University's huge. 48:52.566 --> 48:54.133 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% It's huge all over the place, 48:54.233 --> 48:56.700 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% and it's very popular here on campus. 48:56.800 --> 48:59.466 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% Ran its course, what, a week or two ago? 48:59.566 --> 49:01.933 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% There were some very youngish-looking students 49:02.033 --> 49:04.166 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% and some rather seniorish-looking students 49:04.266 --> 49:06.566 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% running around, kind of together, 49:06.666 --> 49:08.266 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% at about mid-day on a hot day 49:08.366 --> 49:10.733 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I'd see them all over at Babcock grabbing ice cream. 49:10.833 --> 49:12.666 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% That was Grandparents University. 49:12.766 --> 49:15.200 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And we participate in that, as well. 49:17.300 --> 49:20.966 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% Jackie, myself, faculty, grad students, 49:21.066 --> 49:24.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% we very commonly would be historically asked, 49:24.366 --> 49:26.933 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% could you come out and do something for our school? 49:27.033 --> 49:30.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% And love to, but we can't get away often. 49:30.866 --> 49:33.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% What we've done, though, is we've developed this group 49:33.866 --> 49:37.700 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% called the Insect Ambassadors, which is a consortium of, 49:37.800 --> 49:40.366 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5% and a very informal consortium of our graduate students 49:40.466 --> 49:42.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and some of our advanced undergraduate students. 49:42.700 --> 49:46.266 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% And they have a portal that they use 49:46.366 --> 49:49.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% that you people can go out to and basically book them 49:49.866 --> 49:53.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to come to their schools and do those programs 49:53.400 --> 49:55.566 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% or in some cases to actually have the school 49:55.666 --> 49:58.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% come to our campus, and we can put on a show there, 49:59.033 --> 50:00.300 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% not necessarily in the collection, 50:00.400 --> 50:02.566 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% because we can't accommodate that many people, 50:02.666 --> 50:05.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% but we oftentimes will open up our teaching labs 50:05.300 --> 50:07.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and have that facilitate what's going on. 50:09.066 --> 50:13.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% There is a, there's an active course on this campus 50:14.066 --> 50:18.733 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% through zoology, integrative biology now, zoology, 50:18.833 --> 50:23.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% called ZOL 405, which is a museum studies course, 50:23.700 --> 50:27.833 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% which talks a lot about natural history collections 50:27.933 --> 50:29.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% in general, techniques. 50:29.700 --> 50:31.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% What are the things you do in the herbarium? 50:31.766 --> 50:33.800 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% How do you get that plant out of that sheet? 50:33.900 --> 50:36.000 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% What do you do to clean that mammal skeleton? 50:36.100 --> 50:38.766 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% What do you do to deal with that mineral, 50:38.866 --> 50:41.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% that artifact, archeologically? 50:42.066 --> 50:44.666 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% They visit all of our collections on campus, 50:44.766 --> 50:47.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% so ZOL 405, Museum Studies, 50:47.533 --> 50:49.833 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% we've been actively involved with them every year 50:49.933 --> 50:51.766 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% for some years now. 50:53.200 --> 50:57.366 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% In addition to teaching Introductory Entomology and a bunch of other ones, 50:57.466 --> 50:59.600 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% I also teach an advanced taxonomy series, 50:59.700 --> 51:01.966 align:left position:27.5%,start line:5% size:62.5% a 700-level series, 51:02.066 --> 51:06.700 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% which intimately involves students in the collection. 51:06.800 --> 51:10.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% In fact, this fall I'll be teaching Advanced Taxonomy 51:10.266 --> 51:12.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% of Coleoptera, the beetles, 51:12.600 --> 51:14.833 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% and so that will call upon students 51:14.933 --> 51:17.133 align:left position:32.5%,start line:5% size:57.5% to do some work in the collection. 51:17.233 --> 51:18.933 align:left position:30%,start line:5% size:60% Hot off the heels this last spring 51:19.033 --> 51:21.866 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% of Advanced Taxonomy of Diptera, the flies, 51:21.966 --> 51:24.533 align:left position:12.5%,start line:5% size:77.5% which we did this last spring. 51:24.633 --> 51:27.066 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% This is also the summer I do every other, 51:27.166 --> 51:30.766 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% so summer of even years, this is all through the summer, I taught a field course. 51:30.866 --> 51:33.366 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% We're into our waning couple of days of that class. 51:33.466 --> 51:36.400 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% They're hopefully out writing a paper for me. 51:36.500 --> 51:38.633 align:left position:15%,start line:5% size:75% Studies in Field Entomology, 51:38.733 --> 51:41.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% and I guess, actually, the top image there 51:41.766 --> 51:45.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% is a bunch of students were sitting over the campfire 51:46.033 --> 51:48.900 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% getting ready to have our tasty little foil dinners. 51:49.000 --> 51:52.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% This is out in the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming. 51:52.433 --> 51:56.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% I take a group of students out to the Rockies of Wyoming 51:56.533 --> 51:59.233 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and then the Black Hills of South Dakota for two weeks, 51:59.333 --> 52:04.300 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and that involves them with journaling, field work, 52:04.400 --> 52:08.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and ultimately developing some oral papers, 52:08.666 --> 52:11.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% presentations, PowerPoint presentations for the class. 52:11.533 --> 52:13.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% And then, like I said, what they're doing right now 52:13.666 --> 52:15.566 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% is putting together a final written paper. 52:15.666 --> 52:18.800 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% But very frequently, when they get back, 52:18.900 --> 52:20.600 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% they will interact with the collection 52:20.700 --> 52:22.400 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% or some of us related to the collection 52:22.500 --> 52:24.866 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% to help figure out what it is that they were looking at 52:24.966 --> 52:27.466 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% and journaling about. 52:27.566 --> 52:30.700 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% And that is the end of the slide show, 52:30.800 --> 52:35.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and that is time for us to close the door I guess. 52:35.766 --> 52:38.466 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% That is time for questions. 52:38.566 --> 52:41.566 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% (applause) Yay!