BugFest 2016

This Saturday September 17 from 9am-5pm, Special Collections and NCSU Libraries staff will be at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for BugFest 2016 !  Stop by the NCSU Libraries "Ask Us" station on the 3rd floor (near the T-Rex fossil) for origami, stamps, coloring sheets from our digitized collection of Seguy prints , and more activities for the kids.

Our participation in BugFest has evolved from the Special Collections Research Center's development of collections in entomology , including the Zeno P. Metcalf Research Collection , and the event, "Bug-O-Rama," in the early 2000s that developed into the BugFest we know and love today. This poster for an early Bug-O-Rama included a creative depiction of the now demolished Harrelson Hall.

Enjoy more images related to bugs and entomology at NC State below.  Check out more of our bug-related collections in our digitized collections , find more on our website , and contact us for more information about our rare book and archival collections in entomology.

 

Woman being chased by people dressed as bugs on the Brickyard, circa 1970.
Woman being chased by people dressed as bugs on the Brickyard, circa 1970.
Beekeeping meeting in Boone, NC, 1953.
Beekeeping meeting in Boone, NC, 1953.
4-H club boy mounting insects in display boxes, circa 1955.
4-H club boy mounting insects in display boxes, circa 1955.
Entomology collection by 4-H students, 1956.
Entomology collection by 4-H students, 1956.