The collections of recent insects, fossil
insects, and other terrestrial arthropods including spiders
comprise an estimated 700,000 prepared specimens. The number
of specimens is increasing by more than 10,000 per a year on
the average by the cooperation of many citizens circles that
act around the museum. Most of them are dried specimens except
for a part of theinsect fossils and remains, the larvae, etc
as specimens with alcoholic liquid, and minute insects as praparat
specimens.
Though the collections with the trait are beautiful butterflies
in the world and beetles occupying some half of the total number,
the number of wasps and flies' specimens also increases recently.
Especially, orthopterous specimens of the grasshopper etc. is
splendid as not seen in other museums. Recent additional specimens
of Dermaptera in the world have enhanced the collection more
and more.
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Total number of specimens 649,330（In
2001）
（Collection from Japan 456,273，Collection from foreign countries
119,214）
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