we are in the laboratory of the insects
Eve and butterfly pavilion this is a
containment facility for our live
exhibits right here something else in
there again they have really meaty claws
full of muscle they can use that to grab
anything smaller than them so we feed
them crickets
we have over 30 million specimens in our
research collection we show arachnids
which include spiders millipedes
centipedes crustaceans and then insects
we have lots of insects from all parts
of the world these guys have a chemical
defense they can spray cyanide not
enough to injure us but it can
chemically stain my hands so I might at
the end of this have yellow marks on my
hand that won’t come off for a while for
a day or so I mean it’s a natural medium
so most people here really into all
animals but not everybody likes spiders
spiders and roaches are a hard sell one
that pops up a lot that’s just such a
gorgeous insect as our phillium which is
a walking leaf it’s a master of mimicry
and it looks just like a leaf and so
it’s always shocks people when you hold
it and then once it moves people’s minds
blow up any time I can make that happen
makes me happy about the bug the giant
walking sticks from Australia they’re a
big bug and they look like dead leaves
or dead bark some can have little parts
sticking off and they look like lichen
coming off their body so they’re amazing
mimics we found in learning over the
years and working with the visitors and
working with live insects it’s an
amazing way to connect with people
especially we have our volunteers out
and people get to hold an insect
everybody has a bug story so we found it
makes for a great discussion and getting
people engaged in our material and the
exhibit and things
passionate about
Eve and butterfly pavilion this is a
containment facility for our live
exhibits right here something else in
there again they have really meaty claws
full of muscle they can use that to grab
anything smaller than them so we feed
them crickets
we have over 30 million specimens in our
research collection we show arachnids
which include spiders millipedes
centipedes crustaceans and then insects
we have lots of insects from all parts
of the world these guys have a chemical
defense they can spray cyanide not
enough to injure us but it can
chemically stain my hands so I might at
the end of this have yellow marks on my
hand that won’t come off for a while for
a day or so I mean it’s a natural medium
so most people here really into all
animals but not everybody likes spiders
spiders and roaches are a hard sell one
that pops up a lot that’s just such a
gorgeous insect as our phillium which is
a walking leaf it’s a master of mimicry
and it looks just like a leaf and so
it’s always shocks people when you hold
it and then once it moves people’s minds
blow up any time I can make that happen
makes me happy about the bug the giant
walking sticks from Australia they’re a
big bug and they look like dead leaves
or dead bark some can have little parts
sticking off and they look like lichen
coming off their body so they’re amazing
mimics we found in learning over the
years and working with the visitors and
working with live insects it’s an
amazing way to connect with people
especially we have our volunteers out
and people get to hold an insect
everybody has a bug story so we found it
makes for a great discussion and getting
people engaged in our material and the
exhibit and things
passionate about
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