Newfoundland Insectarium
Victoria Beyer
EASTERN CANADA ROAD TRIP 2019
The Newfoundland Insectarium is one of those things you find in a guidebook and you think, “That sounds neat.” Well, what an understatement. This place is so much larger on the inside than we imagined, hosting 8,000 square feet of insects on display, both live and mounted. We spent hours here and honestly, I could have spent even longer.
The vibrant beetles were my favorite. My daughter most loved the live honeybee exhibit. It was sandwiched between two plates of glass, so you could see the bees inside the hive. The best part was that they could fly outside via a little tunnel. One of the docents answered my daughter’s numerous questions and told me lots of things I didn’t know, too.
Another docent let my daughter hold this huge stickbug.
There was even an enclosed garden where hundreds of butterflies were floating among the tropical plants. This is the Great Yellow Mormon of the Philippines. The Newfoundland Insectarium is only open seasonally, so check their website before you go.