Here we provide a downloadable tableas of the Ecdysis Foundation arthropod collection which includes the The Mark F. Longfellow Ecological Reference Collection (indicated by archival columns). Images are provided as publically accessible links.
Identifications are given either as "reviewed" by our Entomologists or as identified by our artifical intelligence (AI) system. The reviewed column is set to True if the image has been reviewed, or False if the identification was generated by AI. Collection date, and generalized location information is provided. If more than one image is provided for a specimen, this can be determined using the column, 'specimen_id'. We update these files periodically. The date and time the file is generated is included in the filename of the download.
You can learn more about the Ecdysis Foundation Collection and how specimens are collected and utilized at our homepage.
This dataset includes 119,863 images representing 115,148 specimens identified by entomologists to 40 orders and 339 arthropod families. File generated Dec. 5, 2025, 6:15 p.m..
This dataset includes all specimens, even those not reviewed for accuracy. There are 663,267 images of 658,515 specimens representing 42 orders and 345 arthropod families. File generated Nov. 1, 2025, 9:05 p.m..
Browse the collection here.
