The Bug House is alive!

The Bug House| has sprung to life and we're going creepy crawly crazy with a season of hands-on fun.

Our spiders and scorpions, beetles and millipedes are coming out to play! Join us to celebrate all things bug like, if you dare...

Creep crawly highlights

• Free events, including close encounters with our bug friends. See all Bug House events.
• An introduction to the world of blood sucking insects!
• Fascinating leaf cutter ant colony and larger than life exhibits including Avril the giant spider.

Online insect fun

• Play our cool online game Cotton Pickin' Bugs and splat some pesky invaders.
• Find the bugs and beasties in our word search.
• Can insects live at the North Pole? Do insects eat rubber tyres? Check out the Insectopedia to find out.

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