Giant, scary or otherwise impressive insects from around the world are having their own day today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.
"Bugging Out at the Gardens" features a variety of impressive insects from the Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute's collection: The bug guest list includes: living ant colonies, tarantulas, and vinegaroons, a local relative of the scorpion, and the Giant — up to 12 inches long — African Millipede. Also on the list are roly polies, sowbugs, native caterpillars, grasshoppers, crickets, mealworms, praying mantises, weevils, Madagascar Hissing Roaches, centipedes and scorpions.
A microscope will be set up so visitors can watch tiny aphids.
Also offered will be mini-field trips into the gardens to explore for caterpillars and other arthropods.
The exhibition will be repeated Saturdays and Sundays through the end of the year, but with a changing cast of insects.
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If You Go
What: Hands-on insect (only the friendly ones) exhibition
When: Opens today, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and then every Saturday and Sunday through the end of December
Where: Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way
How much: Admission for the Tucson Botanical Gardens, including Bugging Out, is $7 for adults, $3 for children 4-12 and free for children 3 and younger.
Or, Bugging Out at the Gardens is included with admission to the gardens' Butterfly Magic exhibition: $11 for adults; $5.50 children 4-12
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