Butterfly.
Dragonfly.
Katydid or Tree Cricket.
Opiliones Harvestman or Daddy Long Legs.
Common Honeybee.
Bluebottle Fly.
Orbweaving Spider.
Hermit Crab.
Ladybird Beetle.
Dragonfly
Insect
A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, suborder Anisoptera.
Longhorn beetle
Insect
The longhorn beetles are a cosmopolitan family of beetles known as the Cerambycidae.
Locust
Insect
Locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae.
Bush crickets
Insect
Insects in the cricket family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids or bush crickets. More than 6,400 species are known.
The Centre...
The Insectarium of Victoria is often featured in the print, radio and national television media as one of the most unique museum experiences available to both students and the general public within Australia.
Best described as a multi experience zoo, natural history museum and interpretation centre, the IOV specialises in the research and education of insects, spiders and other related invertebrates of Australia and other geographical regions of the world.
Our Invitation...
Today, the Insectarium of Victoria continues to expand its collections and displays and is constantly looking into ways of enhancing its message of invertebrate and insect awareness to our visitors.
We now invite you to experience the Insectarium of Victoria and the Victorian Institute of Invertebrate Sciences.
