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Get close to hundreds of insects

24 September 2009

A quirky new building at London’s Natural History Museum not only puts scientists on show as they work in their labs, but also brings 17 million insect specimens under one climate-controlled roof.

Here are just 3 trays of them. Explore our zoomable Gigapan image below, or .

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