The origin of the collection is not known. It is known that it was transferred to the Croatian Natural History Museum from natural history material originating from Bosiljevo Castle, and that part of it was created through the collecting activities of the Kozulić family, who purchased the castle at the beginning of the 20th century. […]

This natural history collection is a closed unit. It consists of dry-prepared butterflies collected from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century. The majority of the material was collected in Croatia, as well as in Slovenia and Austria. It was created at the end of the 19th century through the collecting activities of Branimir […]

The collection is a natural history collection in continuous development. It consists of dry-prepared butterflies and moths collected from the late 19th century to the present by renowned Croatian naturalists such as Gušić, Grund, Koča, and others. The majority of the material was collected in Croatia, as well as in Slovenia and Austria. The collection […]

The majority of specimens in the collection date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1882–the 1930s), followed by a long hiatus in collecting activity until the 1980s. Most specimens originate from Croatia, with a smaller number from Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Among the early collectors were several renowned naturalists and museum […]

The Dragonfly and Damselfly Collection (Insecta, Odonata) consists of 1,545 dry-preserved specimens. Most specimens were collected in Croatia, but the collection also includes material from neighboring countries – Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Italy, Slovenia, and Serbia – as well as Switzerland. The specimens were collected between 1869 and 2011. The collection contains a total […]

The Vilenica Aquatic Insect Collection is unique in that it was established through comprehensive surveys conducted throughout Croatia over the past 20 years. The collection contains a representative assemblage of aquatic insect fauna, predominantly mayflies, from the Dinaric karst region of Croatia. The collection comprises wet-preserved specimens of aquatic insects belonging to the orders mayflies […]

The Perović Symphyta Collection comprises 7,506 dry-preserved specimens of sawflies (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Symphyta) collected by Mr. Franjo Perović, curator of the Croatian Natural History Museum, between 1973 and 2010. The majority of the material originates from the Velebit mountain range, where 2,392 specimens were collected between 1977 and 2005, although the collection also includes material […]

In 2009, Dr. Tatjana Masten Milek donated the Scale Insect Collection (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea) to the Croatian Natural History Museum. The collection consists of 72 specimens in the form of permanent microscope slides of scale insects. The collection was assembled through faunistic research on scale insects conducted throughout Croatia between 2005 and 2007. Surveys were […]

In 2009, Dr. Mladen Šimala donated the Whitefly Collection (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) to the Croatian Natural History Museum. The collection consists of 31 permanent microscope slides of whiteflies. The collection was assembled through the donor’s collecting activities between 2005 and 2008 in Croatia, with two additional samples originating from imports from the Netherlands and Japan. […]

The collection consists of dry-preserved specimens of true bugs and related insects (Insecta: Hemiptera). The material originates from Croatia and the former Yugoslavia and was collected between 1900 and the present day. Collection manager: Dr. Iva Mihoci, museum advisor