Anderson Pest Solutions is midway through its Insect Zoo appearances for the year. The company has traveled to a children’s museum and farmer’s market to show off its insect collection, and has three dates left in 2016.
“When people think about pest management companies like Anderson, they tend to think about ants and termites – all the bugs you just want to get out of your house,” Anderson President Mark O’Hara says in the company’s summer newsletter. “But our knowledge of the insect world goes far beyond simple household pests. The relationships with the Children’s Museums gives us a way to share some of what we’ve learned. And, as the Insect Zoo will be showing the kids, it’s pretty cool stuff.”
Two Anderson employees bring insects to children’s museums throughout the year: Tom Dobrinska, Anderson’s training director and staff entomologist, and Mark Mayer, Anderson’s service specialist and chief bug keeper.
“It’s great to be able to show the kids some of these really interesting creatures that they wouldn’t ordinarily see in this part of the country,” Dobrinska says. “Some of the bugs, like the hissing cockroaches or the vinegaroon, may look a little scary at first, but none of them are dangerous.”
Anderson’s Insect Zoo will appear from 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Aug. 30 and Oct. 28 at Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee, Wis. The zoo also will travel to DuPage County Children’s Museum in Naperville, Ill., from 10:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sept. 28. The other eight appearances have already passed.
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