So… this is admittedly not from the deep past. But as the weather cools, the days shorten, and we head into the last part of the year, it’s inevitable that we start to remember previous seasons and adventures of 2018 with fondness.

Here’s a photo gallery of the awesome bug camp we did with the Insect Sciences Museum of California (ISMC) in July 2018 at Sagehen Field Station in Truckee, CA. It was glorious… we spent 4 days looking at bugs, drawing bugs, photographing bugs, talking about bugs, and eating bugs (a little entomophagy to expand our palates)! We’re planning on partnering with ISMC to do it again in 2019, so stay tuned!

Bee-mimicking robber fly eating another insect! Photo by Tony Iwane

Carnivorous sundew plants in the Sagehen bog. Photo by Constance Taylor

A dramatic picture of people walking. Photo by Tony Iwane

Nerding about flies. Photo by Angela Pai

The antlion is ready for its close-up! Photo by Constance Taylor

What most of us were doing all of camp… getting very close to things and trying to photograph them. Photo by Tony Iwane

Things you need for bug camp: a net, a place to explore, and buddies. Photo by Tony Iwane

Prionous beetle (not to be confused with a Patronus). Photo by Constance Taylor

Talking to a high school group who was also at Sagehen Creek Field Station- Constance was trying to get them to eat some tasty fried crickets (they eventually did)! Photo by Angela Pai