The Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge, will present three separate one hour Entomology Workshops in Pinning and Learning on Sunday, November 3, beginning at 10 am with instructor Mickey Alice Kwapis.
The first session will work with butterflies. Learn about the anatomy and life cycles of insects and prepare your own beautiful butterfly specimen for display. Participants will explore the wild world of insects through a visit to the arthropod gallery, accompanied by an activity where you will learn to prepare and preserve a butterfly that you get to display in your home. Tools and illustrated instructions are provided for students to keep.
The second session, from 11:15 – 12:15 will deal with Cicadas. Explore large tropical insects from an evolutionary standpoint with a hands-on look at gargantuan species. Utilizing sustainably sourced empress cicadas (8″+ wingspan), students will learn about insect development and anatomy by preparing and preserving specimens of their own. Each student will get to keep a set of illustrated instructions, tools, and their own finished specimen to display at home. With newfound knowledge, students will also get to explore the arthropod gallery to take in all of the subtle nuances of Earth’s invertebrate species.
The third hour. from 1:00 – 2:00, deals with Atlas Beetles. Advance registration is required. The cost for the butterfly session is $35 for Museum members and $40 for nonmembers, and the Cicada and Atlas Beetle sessions are $45 for Museum members and $50 for nonmembers. Register at https://hmnh.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming/event-audience/adults
