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This cluster of baby bug marbles belongs to the shield bug.
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The Blobby, Dazzling World of Insect Eggs

Scientists are finally learning why insect eggs come in so many sizes, shapes, and colors.
Tao Tao Holmes September 20, 2022
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How to Hire a Bug as a Contract Killer

They have to be quarantined first, to make sure they won't go rogue.
Sarah Laskow June 24, 2016
Hampyeong Expo Park
Hampyeong, South Korea

Hampyeong Expo Park

It’s a bug’s life at this Korean eco-event park, built to host an annual butterfly festival.
Bestari Jaya, Malaysia

Kampung Kuantan Fireflies Park

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.
Davis, California

Bohart Museum of Entomology

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
U.S. National Tick Collection
Statesboro, Georgia

U.S. National Tick Collection

The world's largest collection of ticks.
clutters of Monarchs
Goleta, California

Goleta Monarch Butterfly Grove

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.
insects

Watch a Stick Insect Lay Eggs to a Smooth Jazz Soundtrack

Up close, personal, and syncopated.
Tao Tao Holmes June 23, 2016
Los Angeles, California

La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Termite mound at night
Vila de São Jorge, Brazil

Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas National Park

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.
May Natural History Museum
Colorado Springs, Colorado

May Natural History Museum

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.
Chiang Mai, Thailand

The World Museum of Insects and Natural Wonders

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.
Vladimir Nabokov's butterfly collection in the Nabokov Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Nabokov's Butterflies

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.
nature

9 Essential Stops on an Entomologist’s Dream Vacation

Nine locations where bug lovers can while away the hours marveling at the world's smaller citizens.
Meg Neal June 22, 2016
Aaron Rodriques
nature

The Bronx Bug Whisperer and His Traveling Insect Zoo

Can insects and humans get to know each other?
Atlas Obscura June 22, 2016
Insect-themed amusement park
Tamura, Japan

Mushi Mushi Land

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Permanently Closed
Williamstown, Vermont

Knight's Spider Web Farm

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.