The Great Insect Fair
The Great Insect Fair is our annual extravaganza celebrating insect with lots of activities, games, crafts, tasty treats and fun for everyone!
The 2009 Great Insect Fair was held on October 3 at the Snider Ag Arena.
New! Press Release Highlighting the 2009 Great Insect Fair!
New! Press Release Highlighting the Insect Deli
Admission to the fair is FREE, but donations are accepted and greatly appreciated!
Activities include:
- Build-A-Bug Contest: Bring your homemade insect for judging and prizes
- Moth & Butterfly Tent
- Insect Olympics--Mothra vs. Batman!
- IPM/Pesticide Safety Putt Putt
- Cockroach Races!
- Honey Tasting
- Bee Observation Hives
- What Is in a Beehive?
- The Insect Deli
- Insect Zoo: Live exhibits of many insects!
- Bug Collectors and Collections
- The BugMobile Talking Car
- The Bug Doctor Is In! Ask your pest questions
- The Insect Construction Co.: Arts and crafts
- Face Painting and Games
- Vendors selling a variety of insect arts and crafts, books, and T-shirts
Location: Ag Arena on the Penn State University Park campus (Maps and Directions)
Do we have food, you may wonder? You bet! Hungry folks at the 2009 Insect Fair have the option of stopping by the Insect Deli to sample "Wax Moth Larvae on Spinach-Artichoke or Spicy Chickpea Dip on Home-made Tortilla Chips," or Meal Worm Roll-ups: Smoky Black Bean/Cream Cheese or Blue Cheese and Asian Pear" or the always popular "Chocolate Chirpies" (chocolate-covered crickets). Previous years have offered such tasty treats as fresh Vietnamese eggrolls with meal worms, barbecued vegetables and wax moth larvae, or meal worm bruschetta. In 2004 Cicada Cuisine was highlighted.
For the less adventurous, a food stand will be available with hamburgers, hotdogs, drinks, and ice cream!
For more information, contact the Department of Entomology, entomology@psu.edu.
The Department of Entomology
The Pennsylvania State University
501 ASI Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-1895
FAX: 814-865-3048
- Build-A-Bug Contest
- Highlights from Past Years
- 2009 Great Insect Fair (Ag Arena at PSU's UP Campus, from October 03, 2009 10:00 AM to October 03, 2009 04:00 PM)
- Can attending a fair change your life? Possibly, when the fair is an educational extravaganza about the fascinating world of insects!
- Pdf file of Insect Fair News Release
