Going Buggy

Over the border in Canada, The Newfoundland Insectarium, located at Reidville, is a three-floor facility that collects unusual and rare insect varieties from around the world, including living specimens in terrariums and aquariums. Visitors can handle enormous walking sticks or tropical leaf insects. Special emphasis is given to Newfoundland and Labrador species.

This is, of necessity, only a brief sample of entomology exhibits. Below I've added some short takes on other museums, standalone attractions and related resources. Until next time, - think before you swat!

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California Academy of Sciences Natural History Museum in San Francisco has an Insect Room featuring the Goliath beetle (heaviest of all insects), the mite and a rainbow of butterflies. You can find more online info by following links to the Entomology Department.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History hosts the Cartwright Hall of Plant and Insect Interactions with 4,000 mounted specimens of local insects, beautiful dioramas and some live insects.

The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (Ann Arbor) Is a major insect research and training museum with a good website. Click the Cicada Pages for photos, maps and sounds; find insect images and Great Lakes entomological resources. Its Animal Diversity Web is an encyclopedia that provides classification information, detailed natural history accounts, photographs, and/or sound clips of many species.

If there is a budding naturalist in the family, consider the Field Museum Bug Camp (Chicago), a summer program for grades 7, 8 & 9.

Electronic Zoo (NetVet) offers an incredible catalog of information links on Invertebrates, that run from the casual to the scholarly…to the commercial (including exterminators).

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