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August 30, 2005
Buggy Collector Has 125,000
From the Arizona Republic:
Albert Thurman's tidy home is full of bugs. More than 125,000, to be exact.Through a hobby that has spanned three decades and nearly a dozen countries, Thurman, 58, has amassed a collection of butterflies and insects so vast, diverse and well-preserved that two prominent university museums have agreed to accept the collection into their permanent archives.
With no formal training in entomology, Thurman has earned his wings - so to speak - through a passion for creatures that spend most of their brief life spans unnoticed by the average human eye.
Posted by Deborah Branscum at August 30, 2005 10:44 AM