Insect Mania!

Spent a few hours over at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park for Insect Mania Family Day. Watched a presentation (geared mainly toward little children, but I attended anyway) by Dr. Mike Wall, Curator of the Entomology Department, and chatted with both field entomologist, Jim Berrian, who specializes in spiders and who I’ve contacted in the past and have met before during an open house, as well as Pamela Horsley, Entomology Collection Manager who talked to me about some of the specimens in cases. Also had, at least for a few minutes before late arrivers joined in, a personal guided tour of the Fossil Mysteries exhibit by one of the docents. She got the name of the artist wrong who painted all the museums murals. Poor William Stout became Robert Stroud.

theNAT

Building identity

Entrance Atrium

Among the Giants photo exhibit

Atrium facing the entrance

Dire Wolf from Pleistocene Epoch

Sabertooth Cat from Pleistocene Epoch

Harlan’s Ground Sloth from Pleistocene Epoch

California Condor

“Meet An Entomologist” gathering

Curator of Entomology Mike Wall

Curator of Entomology Mike Wall

“Meet An Entomologist” session

Curator of Entomology Mike Wall

Giant Hairy Scorpion

Giant Hairy Scorpion

Primate Skull 1

Primate Skull 2

“Insect Mania” Family Day

“Insect Mania” Family Day

Tarantula

Carolina Wolf Spider

“Ends of the Earth” exhibit

Walrus skull with tusks

Beluga Whale Skull

Brown Bear skull

Polar Bear skull

Polar Bear figure

Polar Bear figure

Seal skull

Penguin skeleton

“Insect Mania” crowd

“Insect Mania” crowd

Fossil Mysteries exhibit

Fossil Mysteries tour