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It’s a bug’s life: Protecting Costa Rica’s buggy biodiversity

It’s a bug’s life: Protecting Costa Rica’s buggy biodiversity Peninsula

 

The Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica’s South Pacific is a corner of paradise, named the most biologically intense place on Earth due to its striking natural setting.

This highly endemic region houses 2.5% of the planet’s biodiversity. However, it has not been thoroughly studied, and many of the species that inhabit it remain to be discovered.

Insect populations account for 85% of all animals that live in the Osa Peninsula. In spite of this, insects — which are the largest group in this region, and play a crucial ecological role in supporting the Osa Peninsula’s biodiversity — are unknown creatures by many.

In response to this lack of information was born Insectopia Insect Museum, an organization dedicated to strengthening research…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our collection will be a natural heritage for future generations!
Our insect collection is a bank of information that will be retained for hundreds of years. The individuals collected allow us to know from what areas certain species inhabit and to which sites they fly their colors and sizes as well as the seasons in which they are active.

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