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 Object of the Month: Tortoise Beetle
Find out about the stars of our collections. Each month we spotlight a rarely seen Museum treasure, such as the One-spotted Tortoise Beetle (Physonota unipunctata).
Many species of leaf beetles are specialists on plants high in defensive compounds and often recycle these compounds to use for their own defense. The tortoise beetles are noted for their use of host plant chemical compounds for protective purposes. Learn more...
Want to see previous Objects of the Month? Check out our archive.
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Research and Collections
The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History houses the largest natural history collection in the Rocky Mountains. Currently, more than four million objects are categorized into five disciplines: Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Paleobiology/Geology and Zoology. The collections include the world's oldest documented Navajo textile, the Aiken bird collection, and Colorado's largest collection of bees.
Faculty and staff at the Museum conduct world-class research, using the extensive collections. Some of the current research at the Museum includes algal ecology of lakes and streams, the first colonization of the Americas, and coprolites and dinosaur diets.
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