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Meet the Bugs at the California State Fair

A sign at the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion, aka "Bug Barn," screams "Bugs, Stay Back!" A middle-aged woman takes the sign ...

Visitors wander in and out of the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. The 2017 fair ends July 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors wander in and out of the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. The 2017 fair ends July 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors wander in and out of the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. The 2017 fair ends July 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug enthusiasts get a closer look at the specimens shown by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug enthusiasts get a closer look at the specimens shown by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug enthusiasts get a closer look at the specimens shown by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A California State Fair educational display in the Insect Pavilion about cockroaches and beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A California State Fair educational display in the Insect Pavilion about cockroaches and beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A California State Fair educational display in the Insect Pavilion about cockroaches and beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee forages on a sunflower just outside the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee forages on a sunflower just outside the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee forages on a sunflower just outside the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee stops and eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee stops and eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee stops and eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bugs Rule at the California State Fair

If you head over to the California State Fair, which opened July 14 and continues through July 31, be sure to check out the Insect Pavilion at "The...

Monarch butterfly cutout in front of the Insect Pavilion at the Caifornia State Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarch butterfly cutout in front of the Insect Pavilion at the Caifornia State Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch butterfly cutout in front of the Insect Pavilion at the Caifornia State Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Colorful monarch butterflies are in sharp contrast to the painted cutout  (above). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Colorful monarch butterflies are in sharp contrast to the painted cutout (above). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Colorful monarch butterflies are in sharp contrast to the painted cutout (above). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of bee observation hive in the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of bee observation hive in the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of bee observation hive in the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 8:32 PM

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