2024 Arizona Insect Festival
The University of Arizona's Department of Entomology hosts the Arizona Insect Festival to encourage understanding of our local insects. During this free, single-day festival each fall, thousands of visitors engage in interactive exhibits and learn about insects and the insect-based research taking place at the UA and beyond!
This year’s theme insect was the ubiquitous and friendly horse lubber, Taeniopoda eques. Its bold, shiny, black with neon coloration warns predators of its toxicity, allowing this grasshopper to munch on its favorite plants unmolested. It is the largest grasshopper in the United States, being found across the southwest and Mexico. Its name comes from the term ‘land lubber’ since they rarely fly.
2024 Poster designed by Alex, Lombard, EIS MS
