Live scorpions. Hairy tarantulas. The swallowtail butterfly.
BUGS! – a new creeping, crawling, flying exhibit, opening September 26 at the High Desert Museum, is sure to have you exclaiming, “Yuck!” “Cool!” and, “Ooooo. Fascinating!”
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Get within an antenna’s reach of multi-legged creepy crawlies. Peer into a live ant farm. Catch the buzz of a working beehive. Be serenaded by live crickets and cicadas. Explore their worlds.
And look out for the six-foot spider! (OK, that one’s not real.)
From hissing cockroaches, millipedes, centipedes, praying
mantises and beetles, to tiny bugs to examine by microscope,
the exhibit offers intrigue for all.
“Fun and educational, BUGS! is the latest example of why
the Museum is nationally acclaimed – inspiring visitors
of all ages with the wonders of the nature and wildlife of the
High Desert, and creating citizen stewards every day,”
said Museum President Janeanne Upp.
The exhibit invites you to look through bug eyes, do the
question-and-answer station about the unusual life cycles of
bugs and discover how bugs influence our lives.For example,
ladybugs and honeybees offer many benefits to the High Desert
ecosystem. The exhibit details conservation efforts to keep
them here. The mountain pine beetle, now launching a huge
attack on High Desert trees, is also considered.
Learn why many of these creatures are in the High Desert.
Discover which bugs came west with immigrants on the Oregon
Trail. Examine a covered wagon model with horses and settlers,
as well as evidence of their traveling companions –
fleas, lice, weevils, maggots and more.
The exhibit curators are Otis D. Powell, Jr., the
Museum’s senior wildlife specialist for exhibits, and Dr.
Ralph Berry of Sunriver, Oregon State University Professor
Emeritus in Entomology, and a Museum volunteer.
Dr. Berry will introduce you to the exhibit with the presentation: "The Fascinating World of Bugs: Not All Bugs Are Insects and Not All Insects Are Bugs” at 11:00 a.m., September 27.
The exhibit runs through February 1 in the Museum's Brooks Gallery.
BUGS! is sponsored by
