Box of Insects

Dozens of mounted entomological specimens to help students understand the incredible variability and beauty of insects. Learn to classify and to identify unique adaptations.

What's in the Box of Insects?

  • Specimens:
    • Velvet ant 
    • Morpho butterfly 
    • Madagascar grasshopper 
    • Walking stick 
    • Dragonfly 
    • Tarantula hawk wasp 
    • Giant water bug 
    • Lesser angle-wing katydid 
    • Green stink bug 
    • Tiger beetles 
    • Ten lined June beetle 
    • Locust borer 
    • Earwig 
    • Predacious diving beetle 
    • Cicada 
    • Ilia underwing moth 
    • Madagascar sunset moth 
    • Stingless bee 
    • Bee fly 
    • Bumble bee 
    • Ichneumonid wasp 
    • Flower fly 
    • Narrow-winged damselfly 
    • Mormon cricket 
    • Atlas moth 
  • Other resources:
    • Magnifying lenses 
  • Printed materials:
    • Hands of Nature: Introducing Insects 
    • The Handy Bug Answer Book 
    • Introducing Insects 
    • Insectlopedia 
    • My First Pocket Guide: Insects 
    • Peterson First Guide: Insects