I was in Chicago these last few days and visited the Field Museum of Natural History. They have this amazing exhibit called 'Underground Adventure'. You walk through a couple rooms, reminiscent of something from Dr. Who, what 'shrinks' you down to 1/100th of your normal size. You then walk through an underground tunnel inhabited by subterranean soil organisms. I snapped a few pics. I wish I knew what happened to these displays when finished; I'd love to have some of these replicas in my collection
. The larger ones (centipede, wolf spider, earwig, crayfish) were often animatronic.
Sorry, lighting was not very good (since it was supposed to be underground):
first up, a scarab beetle larva:
next some cool springtails. sorry about the lack of focus in this image; hadn't realized until I was back home. Would love to get a few of these when the exhibit is over:
part of an earthworm:
a centipede (this was was at a tricky angle to photograph):
a cool earwig, guarding her eggs and young:
a couple cicada exuviae (I think these were intended for kids to sit on and get their pictures taken on...):
a huge crayfish:
a neat oribatoid mite (again, would love to get one of these!):
a wolf spider munching on a beetle grub:
