The Museum of Entomology

Published March 7, 2019 at 5:00 PM PST

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Various beetles are delicately pinned in white cardboard boxes.

Photograph by Kyle Merrit Ludowitz.

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The Goliath Birdeater, the largest spider in the world, will be on display Saturday, April 16 at UC Berkeley for Cal Day.

Photograph by Kyle Merrit Ludowitz.

From our Audiograph series:

In the basement of the life sciences building at the University of California, Berkeley, there’s a little known museum that’s home to millions of dried bugs.

It’s a research collection that’s growing — with new specimens filed away every day. So what happens in there and what’s it like?

Find more information about Berkeley's Essig Museum here.

This story originally aired in April 2016 as part of our Audiograph series, a radio project mapping the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Audiograph tells the story of where you live and the people who live there with you.