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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.

Outside the Museum


Description

Face Painting

North Carolina Museum of Art: Arachnid Art

T-Shirt Sales

Wake Audubon Society: Mealworm Food Chains

Roach Races

Doodle Bugs

Greenways in the Triangle

Stag Beetle Battles
Battling Beetles
Face Painting
Bug Love
There's a Bug in My Soup!

 

Inside the Museum

 

Description

What is a Bug?

Tarantulas and Other Spiders

Scorpions and their Kin

Cool Crustaceans

Bed Bugs

Wonderful World of Orthopterans

Henna Painting

Airbrush Body Art

Horseshoe Crabs

Bug Bus – Plant Pathogens and Nematodes Hitch a Ride

Flight of the Hawk Moth
First Floor

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences