Bug Fest 2008

The Academy of Natural Sciences is going buggy all day Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16, with roach races, bug cooking , live insects, tarantulas and scorpions, science talks and insect-inspired robots. (Check out the Bug Fest schedule.)

  • Grab a sample of cooked bugs from famous Cajun bug chef Zach Lemann;
  • See demonstrations of a bio-inspired robot from Penn's Kod*Lab;
  • Find out how insects got trapped in amber millions of years ago and learn how to responsibly collect insects and preserve them;
  • Don’t miss the opportunity to touch or hold a tarantula or giant Madagascar hissing cockroach;
  • Cheer your favorite on to victory in the Roach Race 500;
  • Learn the techniques of chalk art from artist/biologist Caryn Babaian and help create sidewalk art;
  • Hear experts talk about bugs in art, bugs in science, bugs and non-native plants;
  • And learn about the Academy’s world-class entomology collection of 3.5 million specimens that are used by researchers around the world.

(Check out the Bug Fest schedule)

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