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BugFestEvening Insectival

5 - 7 pm

Join the moths, fireflies and katydids for an exhilarating evening of nocturnal activities! The street fair, out on Bicentennial Plaza, will feature live bands, street performers and delicious food.  Get your face painted or battle like a stag beetle! Come inside the Museum to visit breathtaking buggy exhibits, and see an exciting new movie: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo.

Outside the Museum


Bicenntennial Plaza
Station # Description

1

Paint Savvy Face and Body Art

Stage Edenton Street Stage

Food

Hot Dogs

2

Sandy Feat

Food

Soft Serve Ice Cream

Food

Lemonade and Sweet Treats

Food

D&J Concessions Hot Meals

3

Gourmet Insect Cooking

4

Information

5

BugFest T-shirts

6

What Birds Eat Bugs?

7

Children's Craft

Food

The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery

8

Moth Sugaring

Food

D&J Concessions Hot Meals

9

Bug Love!

10

Roach Races

11

Doodle Bugs

12

Dunking Booth

13

Battling Beetles

14

Stag Beetle Battles

 

Inside the Museum

 

First Floor
Station # Description

15

Terminix Companies of North Carolina: Lead Sponsor of BugFest 2010

16 What is a Bug?

17

Tarantulas and Other Spiders

18

Scorpions and their Kin

19

Cool Crustaceans

20

There's a Bug in My Soup!

21

Wonderful World of Orthoptera

22

Henna Painting

23

Airbrush Temporary Tattoos

24

Horseshoe Crabs

25

Film: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

26

Bug Bus- Plant Pathogens and Nematodes Hitch a Ride

27

Millipedes and Centipedes

 

SPECIAL EXHIBIT: GLOW (advance ticket purchase required)

Station # Description
Second Floor
28

Fantastic but Forlorn Flies

29

Native Bees Build it Better!

30

Super Flies: The Greatest Buzz on Earth

31

Funky Bug Antenna Crowns

 

Glow: Living Lights Special Exhibit
Last Entry at 6 pm, Special BugFest Discount!

 

*Third and Fourth Floors will be open 6 pm to 7 pm for viewing of regular exhibits.

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