UA Insect Festival Oct. 9
Sept. 23, 2008Contact Information:
Don Steinkraus, professor of entomology, 479-575-3187, steinkr@uark.edu
Howell Medders, Division of Agriculture communications, 575-5647, hmedders@uark.edu
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Live cockroach races will be one of the events at the University of Arkansas Insect Festival, which is set for Thursday, Oct. 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena on North Garland Ave at Knapp St.
The entomology department in Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences sponsors the festival, which is free and open to everyone.
Festival coordinator Don Steinkraus, professor of entomology, said the event will feature a live insect and arthropod zoo, specimens from the University of Arkansas Arthropod Museum, children's crafts, a cotton patch with working cotton gin, honey bee exhibits, insects in the arts and aquatic insects, along with the live cockroach races and other exhibits and activities.
Entomology faculty and graduate students will be on hand to visit about insects and answer questions about any insect issues people might have, Steinkraus said.