Australian National Insect Collection
Citation
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2021). Australian National Insect Collection. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/s1hm8r accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.Description
The Australian National Insect Collection is recognized both nationally and internationally as a major research collection. It is the world's largest collection of Australian insects and related groups such as mites, spiders, nematodes and centipedes housing over 12 million specimens.Purpose
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Contacts
originatorAustralian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
metadata author
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au
originator
Australian National Insect Collection
Nicole Fisher
administrative point of contact
position: ANIC Manager
Telephone: (02) 6246 4261
email: Nicole.Fisher@csiro.au