Caterpillars: Life on the Leaf Edge

Wed Sep 11, 2019 - Sun Oct 6, 2019
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Repeating every week — Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through October 6, 2019.
9:00am ET
Age: 3 - 12
Price: Included with museum admission, $14.50
Location:
Discovery Museum
978-264-4200
177 Main Street, Acton, MA, 01720
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Come explore the incredible hidden world of New England caterpillars through hands-on, interactive activities that explore topics such as caterpillar anatomy, defensive adaptations, and shelter building.

Experience a huge variety of local caterpillars in all phases of their life cycles, curated and explained by naturalist Sam Jaffe and and other educators from The Caterpillar Lab.

Please note that the live caterpillar lab portion of the exhibit will be open to visitors Wednesdays through Sundays only. Discovery Museum is closed Mondays.

This new exhibit was created by museum staff in collaboration with naturalist Sam Jaffee, creator of The Caterpillar Lab.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.