Morning at the Insectarium

It’s opening shift at the museum. You enter the prep room, flip on the soft lights, and check the day’s schedule.

The habitats need attention before visitors arrive. Since you are in first, you can choose which group of insects to work with. Which group do you choose?

Wide view of the Insectarium exhibit hall — The Insectarium hall before visitors arrive.

Plants grown for the leafcutter ant colony — The foraging area for the leafcutter ants.

I would like to work with the beetles and worms.

I would like to work with the para-phasmids.

I would like to work with the leafcutter ant colony.

I would like to work with the butterflies in the vivarium.

See a photo gallery of the insects and exhibits.

All photos in this project were taken by me at the American Museum of Natural History.