In 1978, the first exhibit building devoted to insects in any U.S. zoo was built at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and was awarded the American Zoo and Aquarium Association’s (AZA) Exhibit Award.
Audio Tour of Zoo Blooms at World of the Insect
Explore
- American Burying Beetle
- Antilles Treespider
- Baja Whipspider
- Bat Cave Cockroach
- Blue Death Feigning Beetle
- Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater
- Brazilian White-Knee Tarantula
- Brown Recluse Spider
- Butterfly Aviary
- Cave Whip Spider
- Desert Rainworm
- Domino Roach
- Dragon-Headed Katydid
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- Emerald Beetle
- Emperor Scorpion
- Giant African Millipede
- Giant Jumping Stick
- Giant Spiny Leaf Insect
- Giant Walking Stick
- Giant Water Bug
- Hissing Cockroach
- Leaf-Cutting Ant
- Magnificent Flower Beetle
- Marbled Crayfish
- Naked Mole-Rat
- Ornate Horned Frog
- Peppered Roach
- Peruvian Firestick
- Red-Eyed Assassin Bug
- Red-kneed Tarantula
- Red-Lined Darkling Beetle
- Rhinoceros Katydid
- Sunburst Diving Beetle
- Taxi-Cab Beetle
- Texas Bullet Ant
- Thorny Devil
- Water Scorpion
- Water Strider
- White-Eyed Assassin Bug
- Yellow-Bellied Beetle
- Zebra Bug