Live Insect Collection

On top of housing 1000’s of live tropical butterflies, we are pleased to host a variety of tropical insects and arthropods. View some of our large insects on display, and meet some up close with a Nature Interpreter. The animals shown below are just a few of the friendly critters you may see on your next visit!

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Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Vietnamese Walking Stick
Medauroidea extradentatum [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Chilean Rose-Haired Tarantula
Grammostola rosea [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Giant African Land Snail Archachatina ventricosa [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Honeybee
Apis mellifera [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Darkling Beetle and Larva
Zophobas morio [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Giant Cave Cockroach
Blaberus giganteus [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Orange-Spotted Cockroach
Blaptica dubia [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

Owl Caterpillar
Caligo memnon [end-div] [div class=”bug-box”]

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Giant African Flower Beetle

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Assassin Bug
Platymeris biguttatus

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Long-horned Cactus Beetle
Moneilema gigas

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Death-feigning Beetle
Asbolus verrucosus

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Domino Cockroach
Therea petiveriana

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Malaysian Jungle Nymph
Heteropteryx dilatata

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South Asian Bush Kadydid
Mecopoda elongata

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Malayan Stick Insect
Lonchodes brevipes

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Desert Millipede
Orthoporus ornatus

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Spiny Stick Bug
Extatosoma tiaratum

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Thorny Devil
Eurycantha calcarata

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Vinegaroon
Mastigoproctus giganteus

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