{"id":8454,"date":"2011-09-05T20:45:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T03:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=8454"},"modified":"2011-10-28T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T19:42:59","slug":"insect-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/05\/insect-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Insect Mania!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spent a few hours over at the San Diego Natural History Museum<\/a> in Balboa Park for Insect Mania Family Day. Watched a presentation\u00a0(geared mainly toward little children, but I attended anyway)\u00a0by Dr. Mike Wall<\/a>, Curator of the Entomology Department, and chatted with both field entomologist, Jim Berrian<\/a>, 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<\/a>, 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<\/a> exhibit by one of the docents. She got the name of the artist wrong who painted all the museums murals. Poor William Stout<\/a> became Robert Stroud.<\/p>\n

\"theNAT\" <\/a>
theNAT <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Building <\/a>
Building identity <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Entrance <\/a>
Entrance Atrium <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Among <\/a>
Among the Giants photo exhibit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Atrium <\/a>
Atrium facing the entrance <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dire <\/a>
Dire Wolf from Pleistocene Epoch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Sabertooth <\/a>
Sabertooth Cat from Pleistocene Epoch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Harlan's <\/a>
Harlan’s Ground Sloth from Pleistocene Epoch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"California <\/a>
California Condor <\/div> <\/div>
\""Meet <\/a>
“Meet An Entomologist” gathering <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Curator <\/a>
Curator of Entomology Mike Wall <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Curator <\/a>
Curator of Entomology Mike Wall <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Meet <\/a>
“Meet An Entomologist” session <\/div> <\/div>
\"Curator <\/a>
Curator of Entomology Mike Wall <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Giant <\/a>
Giant Hairy Scorpion <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Giant <\/a>
Giant Hairy Scorpion <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Primate <\/a>
Primate Skull 1 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Primate <\/a>
Primate Skull 2 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Insect <\/a>
“Insect Mania” Family Day <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Insect <\/a>
“Insect Mania” Family Day <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Tarantula\" <\/a>
Tarantula <\/div> <\/div>
\"Carolina <\/a>
Carolina Wolf Spider <\/div> <\/div>
\""Ends <\/a>
“Ends of the Earth” exhibit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Walrus <\/a>
Walrus skull with tusks <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Beluga <\/a>
Beluga Whale Skull <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Brown <\/a>
Brown Bear skull <\/div> <\/div>
\"Polar <\/a>
Polar Bear skull <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Polar <\/a>
Polar Bear figure <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Polar <\/a>
Polar Bear figure <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Seal <\/a>
Seal skull <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Penguin <\/a>
Penguin skeleton <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Insect <\/a>
“Insect Mania” crowd <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\""Insect <\/a>
“Insect Mania” crowd <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fossil <\/a>
Fossil Mysteries exhibit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fossil <\/a>
Fossil Mysteries tour <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spent a few hours over at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park for Insect Mania Family Day. Watched a presentation\u00a0(geared mainly toward little children, but I attended anyway)\u00a0by 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 … <\/p>\n

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