Hokie BugFest 2024
Venue: Squires Student Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, STEM Events
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Department of Entomology presents the 14th Annual Hokie BugFest inside the Squires Student Center on the campus of Virginia Tech on Saturday, October 12, 2024.

Hokie BugFest is an annual educational event that hosts dozens of exhibitors showing off research in the science of Entomology, as well as local community organizations sharing how their focuses and passions relate to the field.

Event Highlights include:
• Over 30 exhibitors including Virginia Tech labs, Extension groups, local museums, and community/industry organizations will share their latest research, provide games, showcase live animals (including some reptiles, birds, and mammals), and provide a host of other activities.

• Live arthropods from the Hokie BugZoo – Meet a range of live arthropods including tarantulas, scorpions that glow, blue death feigning beetles, giant hissing cockroaches, whip spiders, vinegaroons, and more.

• Earn your junior Entomologist certificate.

• 4-H Insect Collection Contest. Check out insect collections entered by young entomologists from around the region. Winners will be announced; ribbons and prizes will be given.

This is a free event that is open to the public. There will be a pre-opening starting at 9am for those with special needs that may benefit from a less crowded and noisy environment. No registration is required.

Come to enjoy live bugs, educational exhibits, and hands-on activities!

This event highlights an ongoing youth education program hosted by the Virginia Tech Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension's 4-H program, and the department's student-run professional organization, the W. B. Alwood Entomological Society. Since its inception in 1966, Alwood Society members have engaged over 30,000 children by hosting department tours, visiting schools, and supporting special events like the Hokie BugFest. The event is just one day in this ongoing, year-round effort.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/sDtPChHf/image.png.

For more information, please visit: https://www.hokiebugfest.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/hokiebugfest or https://www.facebook.com/events/522245837168948/ or https://www.instagram.com/hokiebugfest or call 540-231-6543 to find out more.

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