Spiders in the House
Awe-inspiring or awfully scary? NHM’s arachnid educators are standing by in our seasonal exhibit, the Spider Pavilion, ready to unspool the truths about these web spinners with tangled reputations.
The Mesmerizing Eyes of Eristalinus Taeniopa
This week, we bring you a visual treat from BioSCAN's Principal Investigator, Curator of Entomology, and Photographer Extraordinaire, Dr. Brian Brown.
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It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a White-Lined Sphinx Moth!
At the end of every work day, before I head home into that lovely L.A. rush hour traffic, I walk through the Nature Garden at one of my favorite times of the day, the magic hour as the sun sets, the diurnal animals hunker down, and the nocturnal ones get ready for action. 
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Niña de la Tierra: Children of the Earth
No it's not the title of a horror film, Children of the Earth bug is actually one of the many common names for Stenopelmatus fuscus.
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A Multicolored Kaleidoscope
Watch colorful butterflies flutters in our Butterfly Pavilion.
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