I had forgotten just how much there is to see and do at the Melbourne Museum. I think that when we return from South Africa I will definitely take the time to get a museum membership so Sir N and I can spend an afternoon once a month at the museum exploring !
Bugs Olympics
- Worlds fastest flying insect: Desert Locust [Africa]
- World's largest moth wing-span - White Witch Moth [South America]
- World's most poisonous butterfly - Antimachus Swallowtail [Uganda]
- World's largest moth - Atlas Moth [Indonesia]
- World's longest beetle - Hercules Beetle [Central & South America]
- World's largest beetle - Goliath Beetle [Africa]
- World's slowest wing-beat butterfuly - Holarctic Swallowtail [China]
- World's loudest insect - Double Drummer [Australia]
- World's best defensive strategy - Australia Bombardier Beetle [Australia]
- World's most poisonous butterfly - Antimachus Swallowtail [Uganda]
- World's largest butterfly - Queen Alexandra Birdwing [New Guinea]
- World's fastest butterfly - Payen's Swallowtail [Indonesia]
- World's heaviest insect - Little Barrier Island Weta [New Zealand]
- Badge Huntsman Adult body length 18 mm
Dinosaur Walk
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| We enjoyed the big and the small of this exhibit. |
Marine Life Exploring our Seas.
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| We enjoyed exploring our marine life. |
Playing in the autumn leaves outside.
Where have you been exploring ?
Blessings
Chareen
