The National Institute of Entomology is the custodian of several important and historical Entomological Collections including its extensive Reference and Research Library and Scientific Equipment inventory. Its Insect Collections are listed below:

CENTRAL VICTORIAN ARACHNID COLLECTION 

The Central Victorian Regional Arachnid / Invertebrate Collection was also established around 1956 by biology students from La TrobeUniversity in Bendigo and totals around 150,000 specimens. The material in this collection includes Arachnids, Scorpions, Centipedes, Millipedes, Crustaceans and many other Phyla collected throughout the Central Victorian Region.

This collection primarily contains liquid preserved specimens in glass vials. In the future, the National Institute of Entomology will transfer this material into proper liquid vial cabinets and the collection will be incorporated into the C.V.R.I.C main collection. A portion of this collection also includes specimens mounted onto microscopic glass slides and a special storage arrangement is also planned for this material in the future.