Spring is just

around the corner and while that means warmer weather and longer days,

it also means insect season.

Most people

are fortunate enough to not have a serious insect problem. However, if

you would like to see some amazing insects, including exotic varieties

that you probably won't see ruining a picnic or barbecue, head to Callaway

Gardens to enter "The Crawlaseum, A Live Bug Exhibit."

There will

be over 40 species of insects and related animals featured in ore than

two dozen aquariums in the exhibit hall of Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery

Center. The exhibits will also change regularly so that visitors who return

to the Crawlaseum more than once will see a different exhibit and learn

something new each time. There will be several different categories of

insects at the exhibit including beetles, roaches, Georgia natives, aquatic

insects, insect relatives (which include spiders and scorpions) and many

more.

"Insects

play a vital role in the environment. Some keep the planet clean while

others have the important job of helping to create our food supplies through

pollination," said Celia Stuart Whitman, entomologist and manager

of Callaway's Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. "This exhibit is a wonderful

way to entertain our guests both young and old, while teaching them about

the environment."

Visitors will

be able to touch some of the insects and they will learn all about the

bugs from informative staff members who will be on hand. Throughout the

year there will also be lectures, a Bug Scavenger Hunt through the Gardens,

an insect jewelry fashion show and screenings of the film "Microcosms,"

which gives viewers a glimpse of what the world looks like from an insect's

perspective.

In addition

to the Crawlaseum, Callaway Gardens will also feature David Roger's Big

Bugs, a larger than life display of wooden insects. Big Bugs will be at

Callaway Gardens from May 16-Aug. 24.

"The Crawlaseum,

A Live Bug Exhibit," is included with admission to The Gardens at

Callaway. The exhibit is open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (6 p.m. after March

29) until Sept. 1 in the Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery Center. Admission

is $12 per adult; $6 per child (ages 6-12); and children five and under

are admitted free. On Marvelous Mondays free admission is given to up

to five paying guests who enter the Gardens on a Monday in a vehicle occupying

a child five or younger. The Marvelous Mondays program is through Nov.

17.

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