Bug Day has things buzzing at the Experimental Farm

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The joint was buzzing at the Central Experimental Farm on Saturday as kids of all ages got an up-close look at the world of insects in the annual Bug Day.

Bug experts from the Entomological Society of Ontario were on hand to help with everything from guided insect expeditions to explanations on how “good bugs” were used to control “bad bugs.”

For the more scientifically minded, participants had looks at micro insects under a microscope as well as the diverse world of aquatic insects.

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Bug Day at the Central Experimental Farm

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  Four-year-old Max Prouse runs through the fields with his bug net during Bug Day at the Central Experimental Farm on Saturday. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Youngsters pick fake butterflies off a sheet hanging in the Bug Day play area at the Central Experimental Farm. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Nine-year-old Lanya Eloulidi has a tarantula walk on her during Bug Day. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  Kids were drawn to the live bugs they could touch during Bug Day that was held at the Central Experimental Farm on Saturday. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  
  
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  L-R Nine-year-old Lanya Eloulidi and her sister, seven-year-old Ayah Eloulidi, play with madagascar hissing cockroaches during Bug Day. Ashley Fraser/Postmedia Ashley Fraser/Postmedia
  

Bug Day was held in the Ottawa Research and Development Centre. The building is home to the Canadian National Collection of Insects, parts of which were on display.

It was also held in conjunction with a Central Experimental Farm Open Doors event featuring horse-drawn plowing demonstrations, wagon rides and other fun.

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