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BugFest 2007

BugFest Displays

Here are the displays, activites and food stations scheduled for BugFest '07.

Outside the Museum
9 am–5 pm
Jones Street and The Plaza  |  Garden Zone  
The Kid Zone

Inside the Museum
9 am–5 pm
First Floor  |  Second Floor  |  Third Floor  |  Fourth Floor

Twilight Zone
5–9 pm
The Plaza  |  First Floor  |  Second Floor

 

Outside the Museum

Jones Street and The Plaza
9 am–5 pm

  1. Welcome & Information
  2. Scavenger Beetles – Win a Prize!
  3. Jones Street Stage (performance schedule)
  4. Doodle Bugs Street Art: see the amazing creations of Pablo Dumlao, then draw your own!
  5. Vintage VW Beetles
  6. Sandy Feat Bugged-Out Sand Sculpture
  7. Café Insecta
  8. Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
  9. BugFest Vintage Tee-Shirt Sales
  10. Roachingham 500 Roach Races
  11. Bugged By History ( N.C. Museum of History)
  12. Bee Keeping (Wake County Bee Keepers Association)
  13. Bee Bearding (shows throughout the day)

FOOD on the Plaza
D&J Concessions
The Bug Bar (cold beverages)
Lemonade and Italian Ice
Hot Dogs
Scooped Ice Cream

Garden Zone (on the Capitol grounds)
9 am–5 pm

  1. The Flower Company of North Raleigh
  2. Butterfly Gardening
  3. Igloo Isopods (presented by Take a Child Outside)
  4. Duke Homestead presents the Tobacco Hornworm
  5. NC Museum of Art
  6. Wake Audubon Society
  7. Master Gardeners of Wake County
  8. Insectivores: A Wildlife BugFest (Piedmont Wildlife Rsecue)
  9. Guild of Natural Science Illustrators: Carolinas Chapter
  10. Beneficial Bug Wheel of Fortune
  11. DENR Stormwater Awareness
  12. Aquatic Insects and Other Water Bugs
  13. Eaters of the Dead: Flesh Eating Beetles!
  14. Biological Controls: Predators and Parasites
  15. Invasive Forest Pests
  16. Honey Bees
  17. Demonstration Bee Hive: Bee Keeping (demonstrations throughout the day)
  18. Holly Springs School of Dance (shows at the top of every hour from 10 am–4 pm)

The Kid Zone (on the Capitol grounds)
9 am–5 pm
All ages welcome

  1. Button Making
  2. Create-A-Bug with The Scrap Exchange
  3. Cameron the Caterpillar
  4. Toddler Play Ground
  5. Arthropod Olympics: Go for the gold in the Dung Beetle Craw and other fun activities.

FOOD on the Capitol Grounds
Hot Dogs and Sodas
Sno Cones and Frozen Treats

 

Inside the Museum

First Floor
9 am–5 pm

  1. Terminix: Sponsor of BugFest 2007
  2. The Songs of Insects book signing (11:45 am–12:30 pm, 2:45–3:30 pm and 8–8:45 pm)
  3. Nature Images and Sounds, LLC: CDs, cards and photos
  4. What is a Bug?
  5. Robotic Bugs and NC JETS: Build a working robot with SheekGeek.com.
  6. Tattoo You!
  7. Bed Bugs
  8. WRAL Digital Theater (schedule)
  9. There’s a Bug in My Soup!
  10. The Wonderful World of Orthopterans
  11. Cool Crustaceans
  12. Bug Bus—Plant Pathogens and Nematodes Hitch a Ride
  13. WagnerPhotographic.com
  14. Los Morphos: Peruvian Insects and Insect Collectables
  15. Parkgeek.com: Learn about parks across the country
  16. The Value of Insects
  17. Social Insects
  18. NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center

Second Floor
9 am–5 pm

  1. Careers in Entomology
  2. The Bug Shop
  3. Discovery Room (10 am–4:30 pm)
  4. Funky Bug Antenna Crowns Craft
  5. NCSU Invertebrate Medicine Club and NCSU WAAZM (Wildlife, Avian, Aquatic, and Zoological Medicine)
  6. Introduction to Wild Music Exhibit
  7. Wild Music Traveling Exhibit (Fee for entry; last admission at 7:30 pm)
  8. Entomology in Plant Industry: NCDA & CS
  9. Creeping Crawlies: Centipedes and Millipedes

Third Floor
9 am–5 pm

  1. USDA APHIS (Animal/Plant Health Inspection Service): Protecting You from Alien Invaders
  2. Rearing and Captive Maintenance of Native NC Beetles
  3. Mantid Man: Mantids of the Eastern US
  4. The Bug Doc: Veterinary Medicine for Arthropods
  5. Windows on the World (schedule)
  6. Public Health Entomology
  7. Pine Stakes Thoroughbred Termite Races
  8. Bug Time Stories (schedule)
  9. Giant Silk Moths of the Piedmont and their Magnificent Caterpillars
  10. Stump the Experts!
  11. Butterflies and Moths
  12. Carolina Butterfly Society
  13. Pods from the Past: Fossil Arthropods

Fourth Floor
9 am–5 pm

  1. Sue Ellis Photography
  2. Naturalist Center (10 am–4 pm)
  3. Exotic Bugs
  4. NC Bugs
  5. Scorpions and Their Kin
  6. Arthropod Zoo
  7. Arachnids: Friends or Phobia
  8. The Amazing Horseshoe Crab: It’s not a crab at all!
  9. Living Conservatory (10 am–5 pm, guided tours every 15 minutes)
  10. Tarantulas and Other Spiders

FOOD on the Fourth Floor
Acro Café

 

Twilight Zone

On the Plaza
5–9 pm

  • Doodle Bugs: Street Art with Pablo Dumlao
  • Gourmet Bites: Build Your Own Buggy Treat
  • Jones Street Stage (schedule)
  • Racin’ Roaches Roachingham 500
  • WKNC: NCSU Student Radio Live Broadcast
  • Food and beverage sales: hot food, Italian ice, ice cream and beverages

First Floor (inside the Museum)
5–9 pm

  • Terminix
  • The Songs of Insects book signing: 8:15–9:00 pm
  • Nature Images and Sounds, LLC: CD ’s, cards and photos
  • Robotic Bugs: Build a Working Robot with NCJETS and SheekGEEK.com
  • Plinko: Play to Win!
  • WRAL Digital Theater (schedule)
  • Bed Bugs
  • There’s a Bug in My Soup!
  • The Wonderful World of Orthopterans
  • Cool Crustaceans
  • Bug Bus—Plant Pathogens and Nematodes Hitch a Ride (The Plant Pathology Society of NC)
  • Los Morphos—Peruvian Insects and Insect Collectables
  • Social Insects
  • Museum Store (open until 8:45 pm)

Second Floor (inside the Museum)
5–9 pm

  • Careers in Entomology
  • Mantid Man: Mantises of the Eastern U.S.
  • Funky Bug Antenna Crowns
  • Wild Music Traveling Exhibit (last admission at 7:30 pm)
  • Tarantulas and Other Spiders
  • Scorpions and Their Kin
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