Natural history collections, like the PERC, are the closest thing we have to a time machine! purdueag.exposure.co/perc

Although preserved specimens, the contents of this box, including several Callophrys, was no less stunning—part of a donation received by @purdueentcoll.bsky.social this year

From our collection—a Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea) collected 124 years ago by Constantine Troxler, a “Veteran Shoe Dealer And An Entomologist of Reputation—A Native of Germany” (from an obituary in The Courier Journal 1904) #PERCBugs #Lepidoptera