Buzzing for bugs? Don’t miss this rare opportunity to get up close with this year’s Bug of the Year nominees and winner.

Whilst this is a free event, but booking is essential

Times:

  • 3.00pm–4.00pm
  • 5.30pm–6.30pm

Dr Julia Kasper, Lead Curator Invertebrates and Phil Sirvid, Curator Invertebrates, will lead a behind-the-scenes tour in our natural history collection.

Learn about the unsung heroes of Aotearoa New Zealand’s biodiversity and how they impact our ecosystems.

Tickets include a refreshment. Booking in advance is recommended.

The 2024 Bug of the Year winner will be announced on the same day.

For more information and to book, see: www.tepapa.govt.nz/visit/whats-on/events/bug-year-collection-tour

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All about insects

Insects offer stimulating content with which teachers can feed student curiosity and grow science knowledge and capabilities.

Related content

For more on insects, see these key articles:

Discover how insects use their antennae in this fascinating article.

Our article Living World – Insects, provides links to the wide range of Science Learning Hub resources for teachers related to insects in the Living World strand of the New Zealand Curriculum.

Visit our We love bugs! Pinterest board for links to more resources and community activities.

Useful links

Read more about why Bug of the Year is so important in this 2023 The Conversation article: Insects and spiders make up more than half NZ’s animal biodiversity – time to celebrate these spineless creatures.

Visit the Entomological Society of New Zealand website.

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