Take a tour of the town, learning about insects through hands-on interactive activities and live-insect displays.

  • Visit the Bugville Recycling Center, where you will see insects hard at work decomposing materials. Give them a hand, if you can!
  • Help the Bugville Police Department identify the true insect in the Insect Line-up, and visit the insects locked up in the jail.
  • Stop by The Speedy Bee Diner, and learn about the different mouthparts - and tastes! - of insects.
  • Catch a show at the Bugville Cinema...and see if you can help the insects point out the good and bad science in B-rated science fiction movies
  • Protect the citizens of Bugville by staffing the Bugville Watchtower, watching over the city through the eyes of an insect.
  • Build-a-Bug and view insects from the inside-out at the Bugville Hospital. Paging: Dr. Bug!
  • Meet the ant lions of Bugville...and become one yourself, if you dare!
  • Learn about the relationship between insects and agriculture at the Bugville Market. Discover the history of Fort Collins' grasshopper invasions.
  • Kick off your shoes and relax in the insect living room! Try on the latest bug outfits or sort through our insect library.

See live insects in the Recycling Center


See cockroaches at home

Press Coverage of Bugville:

Fort Collins Coloradoan Ticket

Loveland Reporter-Herald


Step through the magnifying glass and shrink to the size of a bug!

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