Exhibition "Beauty Butterflies and Giant Beetles" Automatic translate

April 22 in the Estate of V.P. Sukachev (December Sobytii str., 112) an exhibition of insects and invertebrates "Beauty butterflies and giant beetles" begins. The exposition includes about 40 species of living exotic insects: arachnids, mollusks, a large collection of live tropical cockroaches from the private collection of the Irkutsk entomologist Alexander Suslov.

The guests of the exhibition will especially remember the most interesting exhibits: the Madagascar hissing cockroach, the tarantula spider Pterinochilus, nicknamed "Mad Orange" because of its aggressive disposition and bright red color; stone scorpion Hadogenes, which may not eat for up to 5 years; huge, like birds, bird-wing butterflies, including the largest diurnal butterfly, the Goliath Birdwing, and the largest moth in the world, Attacus Atlas. At the exhibition, special attention will be paid to the species of butterflies found in Cisbaikalia.

Also on display is a rich entomological collection - exotic and domestic species of butterflies, beetles, dragonflies and other insects: about 50 entomological boxes. Here you can also see real equipment for collecting and studying insects (nets, straighteners, pins, a trap for "night hunting", etc.) and an original photo gallery (macro photographs of insects and pictures of the tropics of Southeast Asia). Visitors will be able to hold insect nets in their hands and take pictures with them. Giant beetles are also represented here, in particular, chalkosome beetles, armed with long sharp horns.

The exhibition "Beauty Butterflies and Giant Beetles" will be open at the V.P. Sukachev (December Events st., 112) until June 20.