more insect festivities
Research responsibilities (yeah!) and budget issues (ugh) have has us preoccupied this and next week. I do feel compelled, though, to report on a couple exciting insect events coming up this weekend:
If you go to either of these festivals this weekend, though, let us know what you learned! I have an idea to combine the cockroach races and the insect eating into a single activity for next Bugfest...but maybe it would be better to hear about what works at other festivals, first.
An old timey insect festival that entertained fans at Bugfest in Raleigh last year. Did siphonapterans really perform the show? Thanks to Sarah Akers for capturing this image. How could I have overlooked the flea circus?!
- The UC Davis Department of Entomology leads several entomological activities during the annual Picnic Day this Saturday (April 18, 2009). If you're in Davis go watch maggots paint and cockroaches race!
- Purdue University's Department of Entomology holds its Bug Bowl, as well, this weekend. Look at insect art (in cake form!) and challenge your friends in the cricket spitting contest. I especially love this picture of a giant katydid (but labeled as a grasshopper!) maneuvering to consume some poor insect fanatic.
If you go to either of these festivals this weekend, though, let us know what you learned! I have an idea to combine the cockroach races and the insect eating into a single activity for next Bugfest...but maybe it would be better to hear about what works at other festivals, first.
An old timey insect festival that entertained fans at Bugfest in Raleigh last year. Did siphonapterans really perform the show? Thanks to Sarah Akers for capturing this image. How could I have overlooked the flea circus?!
