Insect Festival 2009

On Saturday 4 July in York, celebrating the insect world will be the Insect Festival 2009. The Festival, organised by the Royal Entomological Society, will be the largest event of its kind in the north of England



This event is good for all the family with a wide variety of exhibitions and lectures for the adults and insect hunts and interactive displays for the budding new entomologists.

The festival exhibition will include RES stands, live insect displays, demonstrations, award-winning photographic displays, regional natural history societies, book sellers, entomologist's equipment and artwork.

Presentations and lectures will be given in the Tempest Anderson Hall with the trade and exhibitor stands in the half timbered 14th Century Hospitium.

Admission for the general public is £1 per adult, with free entry for under 16’s.

Event: Insect Festival 2009
Organiser: Royal Entomological Society
Date: Saturday 4 July 2009
Venue: York Museum Gardens, York
Time: 10am – 4pm

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More information

Jumping Flea Tune

Composer and story teller James Clark is writing a song about the flea circus. He's put up a draft version on his blog and hopes to add more instruments such as an accordian. Why not have a listen and tell him what you think?

Madame Talbot Presents - Eddie Dijon

Madame Talbot, the maker of curios and expert in mysterious has collected a few bits of information about her friend Eddie Dijon who used to run a flea circus in the far east, Canada and the USA.

http://www.madametalbot.com/8flea.htm

Walt's Flea

A package arrived in the post the other day from the USA. When I got back from work I opened it with gleeful anticipation. It was an ex-flea from Magician, Inventor and Flea Circus performer Walt Noon. My particular flea was "Trixie, the flea on a Trapeze" and came with an official document of explanation. The trapeze fleas are selected from those that are calm but not docile so that they are not phased by the noise of the audience but move enough to cause the trapeze to swing. Walt's document also explains how he preserves the fleas so you know that you can enjoy them for years to come.

I hope Trixie enjoys her retirement as a charioteer.



If you want to buy your own trained flea, you can do so from flea-circus.com.