Photos: Collection of 1.25 millions bug goes to ASU
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien of Green Valley are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers.
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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Entomologists Charlie, left, and Lois O'Brien point out a few notable plant-hopper insects in a tray at their Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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A tray of colorful scarab beetles at the home of Charlie and Lois O'Brien on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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A tray of colorful Asian plant-hoppers mounted on a tray at the home of Charlie and Lois O'Brien on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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Entomologists Charlie, left, and Lois O'Brien discuss a tray of peanut-head bugs at their Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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Entomologists Charlie O'Brien relays facts about a tray of colorful weevils at he and his wife, Lois' (back right) Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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A tray of minuscule weevils, the specimen dominating the O'Brien's donation, mounted in a tray on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. Charlie and Lois O'Brien are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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Entomologists Lois O'Brien lifts a glass cover from a tray of peanut-head bugs at her Green Valley home on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. Lois and her husband Charlie O'Brien are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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A tray of colorful tortoise beetles at the home of Charlie and Lois O'Brien on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
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Long-horned beetles mounted in a tray on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. Charlie and Lois O'Brien are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Sta
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
- Updated
Entomologists Charlie, left, and Lois O'Brien pose at their Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie, left, and Lois O'Brien point out a few notable plant-hopper insects in a tray at their Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A tray of colorful scarab beetles at the home of Charlie and Lois O'Brien on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A tray of colorful Asian plant-hoppers mounted on a tray at the home of Charlie and Lois O'Brien on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie, left, and Lois O'Brien discuss a tray of peanut-head bugs at their Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie O'Brien relays facts about a tray of colorful weevils at he and his wife, Lois' (back right) Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A tray of minuscule weevils, the specimen dominating the O'Brien's donation, mounted in a tray on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. Charlie and Lois O'Brien are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Lois O'Brien lifts a glass cover from a tray of peanut-head bugs at her Green Valley home on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. Lois and her husband Charlie O'Brien are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A tray of colorful tortoise beetles at the home of Charlie and Lois O'Brien on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Long-horned beetles mounted in a tray on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. Charlie and Lois O'Brien are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Sta
Entomologists Charlie and Lois O'Brien
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Entomologists Charlie, left, and Lois O'Brien pose at their Green Valley home amidst just a sampling of the pair's insect collection on March 28, 2017, in Green Valley, Ariz. The O'Briens are donating roughly 1.25 million specimens to Arizona State University, a collection estimated to be worth $10 million. Among the donated specimens are one million weevils and 250,000 plant-hoppers. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
