As part of our Insect Study, last week we got the chance to visit
Insectarium to learn about the
fascinating world of arthropods. The Insectarium
is located in Philadelphia and it is considered to be the “only all-bug museum”
in the city. Their exhibit consists of thousands of live and mounted insects that
give us a glimpse of the vast array of these little (and some quite BIG)
creepy-crawlies that crawl around us. We got to see a collection of different praying
mantis, butterflies, beetles, spiders, worms, centipedes, roaches, and much
more. Other than an extensive collection
of unusual insects there were also tarantulas, scorpions and crustaceans. Some
of us even dared to “pet” a scorpion or a Madagascar hissing cockroach while
others played in the man-made spider web. Eeekkk!
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