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The Insect Zoo and Butterfly Pavilion halls will be closed from September 3, 2023, to October 31, 2023, for annual maintenance. Both halls will reopen on Wednesday, November 1. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Use your own device to take the new Insect Zoo audio description tour.
We've got a 22-million-year-old termite trapped in amber.
Kids can climb through a life-size, 14-foot-tall model of an African termite mound!
The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, Manduca sexta, likes to feed on tobacco, tomato, and pepper plants. These caterpillars will turn into Carolina sphinx moths, but when they pupate, they do not spin a cocoon; instead they burrow into the soil. This is how they overwinter in colder regions.