WWII weapons bunker now houses a scientist’s insect collection

Jared Heath opening the massive steel doors of a former WWII munitions bunker at the decommissioned El Toro Marine Corp Air Station on Dec 14, 2022, in Irvine, California. The bunker is used to store an important collection of invertebrates. — Photos: TNS

A World War II-era weapons bunker in Irvine, California, has a new mission – sheltering preserved insect specimens.

When a collection of bugs floating in specimen bottles outgrew his laboratory, Robert Fisher moved them into an abandoned weapons bunker at the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Irvine.