London Bug Day

@EntSocOnt's annual London Bug Day! Will eat crickets for reposts. 🐝🐞🐜🦋🐛🕷🦗🦟
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Western's Entomology Club is hosting London Bug Day! 🐛🦋🐞

Date: Saturday, January 31st, 2026
Time: 9am - 6pm
Location: Western University in the Mustang Lounge (in the University Community Center building).

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Hello bug lovers, haters, and everyone in between.
Mark you calendars!
London Bug Day is crawling back into town this fall! Our team is buzzing with excitement to bring you another unforgettable adventure! Stay tuned for updates, fascinating facts, and sneak peeks.

[Araní Cuevas-Sanchez @AraniCuevas]

This was so much fun! The Cockroach race has to be my new favorite outreach activity! Can’t wait to be a part of this again next year!

[Super Human Epoch @SuperHumanEpoch]

@ronawang I will never forget my years at Other University.

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Our team of hardworking volunteers are excited to meet you!

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It is today and it is Buzzing!!!

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Did you know this is the 8th annual London Bug Day? 🐜 🐛 🐞 We have a great team of volunteers who have been working hard to get ready for Bug Day 2023. Stay tuned for fun facts, updates, educational content, and more!
Can’t wait to see you all there! 🦋🐝🕷️

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A huge thank you to our 2023 London Bug Day sponsors for making this event possible! We hope to see you all this Saturday, September 23rd, from 10 am - 3 pm!

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Like last year's Bug Day, we'll be featuring a 'Roach Race' to show you how 'athletic' roaches are. Come meet us at the London Children's Museum this Saturday (23 Sept, 2023)!
Photo Credit: Jeremy McNeil, Western University, Canada

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Our final feature is the Cockroach, from the insect order Blattaria or Blattodea.
They have flat bodies and move really fast. But did you know they play an important role in nature by helping to break down dead plants and animals?
They're like nature's recyclers!

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It's on Saturday, and we are excited to meet you!

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Golden Orb Spiders are found in warm places like rainforests. They're not harmful to humans, and their silk is so tough that some people even use it for clothes.

Photo Credit: Jeremy McNeil, Western University, Canada

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Today’s feature is the Golden Orb Spider
Like other spiders, these ‘bugs’ are Arachnids! They're known for their shiny, golden silk webs that glow in the sun. These webs are super strong and capture insects for the spider to eat.

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It's on Saturday, and we are excited to meet you!

[London Bug Day @LondonBugDay]

Did you know this is the 8th annual London Bug Day? 🐜 🐛 🐞 We have a great team of volunteers who have been working hard to get ready for Bug Day 2023. Stay tuned for fun facts, updates, educational content, and more!
Can’t wait to see you all there! 🦋🐝🕷️

[Dr Nina M. Zitani (she/her) @papiliovorus]

Sneak peek! Saturday is London Bug Day! Visit me at the Zoological Collections table, view some of our ~100-year-old specimens from around the world & ask me your bug-related questions! London Children's Museum, Free, 10-3 pm @LondonBugDay @westernuBio

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Most earwig species are not harmful to humans and primarily feed on decaying organic matter, insects, and plant material. Photo Credit: Jeremy McNeil, Western University, Canada

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Today we feature the Earwig!
Earwigs belong to the insect order Dermaptera. These bugs bear a pair of large pincers, called cerci. The cerci is used for defence and mating.

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Photo Credit: Pedro Conceicao, Western University, Canada

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Our feature today is the Mesostigmatid Mite!
Mesostigs are predatory arachnids. They possess protrusive mouth parts which enable them to feed on other bugs such as oribatid mites and collembolans. Some mesostigs are parasites of vertebrates and other bugs.

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Photo Credit: Jeremy McNeil, Western University, Canada

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Today’s feature is the Scorpion!

Scorpions belong to the class Arachnida and order Scorpiones. Scorpions are easily recognized by their large anterior pincers and posterior stingers. The poisonous venom in the scorpion's stinger is used to paralyse prey and enemies.