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The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management has worked to introduce IPM practices in nearly 30 countries over the last 30 years, and one of the skills it catalyzes around the world is insect collection from the field to the lab to the storage box. Such collections are critical to help researchers in developing countries not only to preserve, identify, and classify insects themselves but also to explore the diversity and evolution of the ecosystems they inhabit. (Photo courtesy of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management)