Visitors stopped in front of the butterfly specimen booth. Photo by Ou Huilan
Guilin, July 16 (China News Network) -- On July 16, the "Insect Fun - World Rare Insect Theme Exhibition" co-sponsored by the Guilin Museum and tianjin natural history museum was launched at the Guilin Museum. This is also a popular science exhibition carefully prepared and held by the Guilin Museum to create a second classroom for minors, providing a "worm fun" classroom for the majority of minors to disseminate natural science knowledge, understand the mysteries of life and nature, and realize the importance of ecological protection.
On July 16th, "Insect Fun - The Theme Exhibition of Rare Insects in the World" was launched at the Guilin Museum. Photo by Ou Huilan
Insects are the largest of the animal kingdoms. There are more than 1 million species of insects known in the world, which is 10 times that of molluscs, 25 times that of vertebrates, and more than 100 times that of birds. The exhibition exhibits more than 700 rare insect specimens from all over the world, including the world-famous mimetic butterfly - dead leaf butterfly, the world's largest silkworm moth in the wingspan, the longest giant, the world-famous migratory star, the American national butterfly - black-veined golden spotted butterfly, the Peruvian national butterfly - Helena flash butterfly and so on. The exhibition takes the status of the insect family in the animal kingdom as the starting point, showing the survival method of insects, the defense and attack ability of insects, the best of insects, insect culture and other contents, so that the audience can understand insects more scientifically and systematically, stimulate the audience's interest in learning natural science, and achieve the educational purpose of edutainment.
Butterfly specimens on display. Photo by Ou Huilan
On the day of the exhibition, many children and parents were invited to visit the exhibition, and the children stopped in front of the insect specimen exhibits to observe the butterflies and moths that add beauty to nature, and learned about the various insect families. After watching the exhibition, junior high school student Zeng Zixin said that visiting this exhibition during the summer vacation allowed her to see many types of insects in nature, feeling very shocked, learning the survival method of insects from generation to generation, their tenacity, her favorite is the butterfly series of the goddess of joy, the butterfly.
According to the organizers, the insect world is rich and mysterious, and is an indispensable and important part of the natural world, which is of great significance to maintaining the balance of the ecosystem and is closely related to human life. Holding this exhibition, I hope that while appreciating the magical insect world, the audience will soberly realize the great impact of human activities on the natural ecological balance, hoping to arouse the audience's attention to the natural world, consciously protect the ecological environment and maintain biodiversity.
On July 16, the audience visited the insect specimen "Tooth-breasted Giant Celestial Bull" at the Guilin Museum. Photo by Ou Huilan
The exhibition will be on display until September 19, during which the Guilin Museum will carry out a number of online and offline education experience activities in line with the theme of the exhibition. (End)
Source: China News Network