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INSECT FEST 2024!


YOU’RE INVITED TO THE 12TH ANNUAL INSECT FEST.


JOIN US FOR ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS IN TUCSON.


SUNDAY OCTOBER 6TH, 2024-10 AM TO 2 PM


ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 2 (ENR2) BUILDING ON UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
CAMPUS


1064 E LOWELL STREET

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’S DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY HOSTS THIS UNIQUE FESTIVAL
TO ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LOCAL INSECTS. DURING THIS FREE, SINGLE-DAY
FESTIVAL EACH FALL, THOUSANDS OF VISITORS ENGAGE IN INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND
LEARN ABOUT INSECTS AND THE INSECT-BASED RESEARCH TAKING PLACE AT THE UA AND
BEYOND! ENR2 IS JUST WEST OF THE 6TH STREET PARKING GARAGE. BETWEEN THE GARAGE
ENR2 THERE WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS.

Western horse lubber grasshopper


THIS YEAR’S THEME INSECT IS THE UBIQUITOUS AND FRIENDLY HORSE LUBBER, TAENIOPODA
EQUES. ITS BOLD SHINY BLACK WITH NEON COLORATION WARNS PREDATORS OF ITS
TOXICITY, ALLOWING THIS GRASSHOPPER TO MUNCH ON ITS FAVORITE PLANTS UNMOLESTED.
IT IS THE LARGEST GRASSHOPPER IN THE UNITED STATES, BEING FOUND ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST AND MEXICO. ITS NAME COMES FROM THE TERM ‘LAND LUBBER’ SINCE THEY
RARELY FLY.

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