Insect Education Trunk/Kit
Bugs Arthropods are cool
Dozens of mounted entomological specimens to help students understand the incredible variability and beauty of insects.
The Utah Museum of Natural History has given us a great educational trunk for your students to use.
Learn about the variety of arthropod / insect species, from bees to moths.
Trunk Contents
- Velvet ant
- Morpho butterfly
- Madagascar grasshopper
- Walking stick
- Dragonfly
- Tarantula hawk wasp
- Giant water bug
- Lesser angle-wing katydid
- Green stink bug
- Tiger beetles
- Ten lined June beetle
- Locust borer
- Earwig
- Predacious diving beetle
- Cicada
- Ilia underwing moth
- Madagascar sunset moth
- Stingless bee
- Bee fly
- Bumble bee
- Ichneumonid wasp
- Flower fly
- Narrow-winged damselfly
- Mormon cricket
- Atlas moth
Booklets
- Hands of Nature: Introducing Insects
- The Handy Bug Answer Book
- Introducing Insects
- Insectlopedia
- My First Pocket Guide: Insects
- Peterson First Guide: Insects
Resources
Utah Museum of Natural History Insects Teaching Toolbox
Additional Information and Check-out
No-cost to member districts.
Check out Length: 2 weeks
Additional time may be granted depending on availability.
Checkout by the SESC Video Library
Delivery and Pickup
The trunk can be delivered to your school with the weekly video deliveries. Other arrangements can be made.
Please make sure all materials are within and return the trunk promptly. We can arrange pickup with the weekly video delivery.
