Couple donates bug collection worth $10m, a goldmine for researchers

Collection will help scientists piece together a large branch of insects’ family tree and be a resource for scientists who study natural controls on the environmentIn two rooms of Charles and Lois O’Briens’ modest home in Tucson, Arizona, more than a million insects – a collection worth an estimated $10m – rest in tombs of glass and homemade shelving. They come from every continent and corner of the world, gathered over almost six decades; a bug story that began as