Some of this is repeated stuff from past discussions, but just some thoughts on how to display or organize the exhibit, maybe in the form that Mark mentioned.

Ways of displaying bugs

- Walls

- Tables

- Cases } mounted or suspended within

- Terrariums

- Lights

- Maps

- Floor

Appearance

- Patterns } location

- Luminescence

- Camouflage } finding bugs in an environment where they blend in or placing an image of different environments behind a large collection to see which ones stand out where

- Colors

- Wings

- Exoskeleton } evolution } scale

Variety

- Size

- Shape

- Location } invasive species

Mechanisms

- Leg movement } different #s of legs move differently?

- Wing movement

- Vision?

- Feel/touch?

- Comparison to human structure

- how bark boring beetles chew through bark

Image/video

- Pollination

- Dung beetle rolling dung

- Stages of decomposition

- bug bites/stings } disease

- What it would've felt like to witness the largest swarm in history

- Metamorphosis

- bark boring beetles in a tree

Overarching theme = scale

General organization

- time

- place

- type/identification/dichotomy tree

- appearance

- good vs. bad

Resting Space

- seating

- observation

- books from collection at museum

- room for conversation and commentary } what's your favorite bug, etc.

- tangibles to toy with

- video

Pointer to:

- tours - sign up to see a live demo with a bug scientist or go on the going buggy tour

- digital - see our bug collection online, check out a close-up of the bug zoo upstairs in the main lobby or wherever there might be a large installation/projection

- holland room - going buggy tour

- hub - want to learn more? There are scientists upstairs in the hub that would love to answer your questions