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Wide of streetcar 2. Wide of Audubon Insectarium entrance sign3. Insectarium hall 4. Staff member opening cockroach tank5. Boy looking at cockroaches in tank6. Extreme close up of cockroaches; boy in...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNew Orleans - July 13, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of streetcar \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of Audubon Insectarium entrance sign\u003cbr/\u003e3. Insectarium hall \u003cbr/\u003e4. Staff member opening cockroach tank\u003cbr/\u003e5. Boy looking at cockroaches in tank\u003cbr/\u003e6. Extreme close up of cockroaches; boy in foreground\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mothers with children at Field Camp section of exhibit \u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan right field camp tools - notebook, box, and vials with alcohol for storage \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up of vials\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up of Madagascar Hissing Cockroach; \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) 'it's hissing right now, can you hear it?'; hissing sound\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Anne Barker, Entomologist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"These are very popular items, yeah, the kids really like them because we're able to let them pet these and not all of our insects are ones that we can let them touch. But these are, and everyone likes to say that they touched a roach.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e12. Children touching insect \u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of desert millipede \u003cbr/\u003e14. Mother and child looking into slug tank \u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of slug \u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of cricket tank \u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of children looking at ant tank;\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Zack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager for the Audubon Insectarium (audio overlaid in parts with close up of ants in tank)\u003cbr/\u003e\"And that's a fungus. And that is their food, and it's also their furniture. The queen who's deep inside here, never exposes herself. She lays her eggs in the fungus, the larval ant is in the fungus, the pupae are in the fungus, and they're also eating fungus.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Zack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager for the Audubon Insectarium: \u003cbr/\u003e\"There's this whole world that's under our feet that we ignore, except when we're swatting flies away or have problems with ants at our picnic table, that are absolutely fascinating animals. Science in and of itself is inherently cool. If you show people science the right way, they get excited about it. So you've got a set of organisms here that are critical for our lives in terms of keeping the planet going, but they're also fascinating. And I think with those two points, you know, you can't get more important than that.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of children looking at tank \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close of walking leaf insect  \u003cbr/\u003e21. Girl looking at tank\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mothers and children looking at waterbug tank \u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of waterbugs \u003cbr/\u003e24. Father and daughter looking at tank \u003cbr/\u003e25. Pan right kitchen where chef is cooking with bugs; \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Zack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager for the Audubon Insectarium: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Are they good? It's tricky, sometimes we've got to twist people's arms and then they try it and they go 'Hey, this is great,' and we've been saying that for the last who-knows-how-long. I started cooking bugs about 11 years ago.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e26. Close of chef making \"bugyets\" - these are Louisiana beignets with crickets; \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Zack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager for the Audubon Insectarium (not in vision): \u003cbr/\u003e\"We cook those at 350 degrees or so for about a half an hour. So they're already cooked, and they're tasty.\" Boy: \"Can I have one?\" \"As soon as these are done. Kevin'll tell me when to take these out, I'll put some powdered sugar on for you. Are we good to go?\" Chef: \"Yep.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close shot Lemann deep frying \"bugyets\" \u003cbr/\u003e28. Extreme close shot chef sprinkling powdered sugar on \"bugyets\" \u003cbr/\u003e29. Woman eating \"bugyet\" \u003cbr/\u003e30. Close shot bowl of cooked waxworms \u003cbr/\u003e31. Tilt up Lemann eating waxworm chutney; \u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE (English) Zack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager for the Audubon Insectarium: \"How about that. I think that looks so nice. And elegant. In fact, I'm going to have a bite. I love me a nice waxworm. That's good.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide of butterfly room \u003cbr/\u003e34. Rabindranath Tagore quote on bench with Blue Morpho butterfly \u003cbr/\u003e35. Close up of Blue Morpho butterfly\u003cbr/\u003e36. Lemann freeing newly hatched butterflies; \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Zack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager for the Audubon Insectarium: \u003cbr/\u003e\"And then I have this one called a Blue Morpho. And it's got bright blue on its wings. Ready? Wow. Right through you guys. How about that? And I'll tell you something interesting about the Blue Morpho aside from how pretty it is - they like to drink rotten fruit. When it gets all mushy and wet, that's what Blue Morphos like to drink instead of visiting flowers. So if you look around here, you'll see plates of fruit that we've set out for our butterflies as well. There goes one� There goes one�\"  \u003cbr/\u003e36. Plate of fruit for butterflies  \u003cbr/\u003e37. Close up of plate with butterflies \u003cbr/\u003e38. Medium of butterfly \u003cbr/\u003e39. Various close ups of butterflies \u003cbr/\u003eThe largest insectarium in the United States is attracting swarms of visitors in New Orleans. \u003cbr/\u003eIt has proven a well-deserved success to the city, much of which was destroyed in 2005 by the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. \u003cbr/\u003eToday, hundreds of tourists, children and families, visit the Audobon Insectarium to experience and learn more about the world of insects and the important role they play in our lives. \u003cbr/\u003eEntomologists are making the case that it's worth getting to know the neighbours beneath our feet, and people in New Orleans are listening.\u003cbr/\u003eA confirmation comes from the Audubon Insectarium, the first major attraction to open in the city since Hurricane Katrina, which has been drawing crowds since its opening in June. \u003cbr/\u003eThe 23,000-square-foot (7000-square-meter) facility, housed in the historic U.S. Custom House on Canal Street, has about a hundred species on display at a time and is expecting 350-thousand visitors in the first year.   \u003cbr/\u003eThe Audubon Nature Institute has a long history in New Orleans, where it has a collection of nine museums and parks. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the Insectarium is the first to focus only on six-legged creatures. \u003cbr/\u003eThe facility, which is the largest of its kind in the United States, has gotten a great response so far. \u003cbr/\u003eChildren have been delighted by the giant insects, their reactions to the bugs quickly changing from fear to fascination.   \u003cbr/\u003eWith over 900-thousand species of insects now known, these creatures play a key role in the ecology of the planet. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile they're easy to overlook, insects are essential to life on earth as we know it - they decompose nutrients and aerate the soil, allowing plants to grow, and they also take care of pollination.   \u003cbr/\u003eAt the Field Camp section of the exhibit, children can get a sense of the tools they would need for outdoor research. \u003cbr/\u003eSome of the bugs, like the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, can be touched - these wingless critters, commonly kept as pets, use the black holes on the edges of their shells to expel air and make a hissing sound.   \u003cbr/\u003eAnne Barker, an entomologist (insect expert) says that \"everyone likes to say that they touched a roach.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eZack Lemann, Visitor Programs Manager at the Audubon Insectarium, explains the exhibits with contagious enthusiasm. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says social insects like ants are some of the most popular on display, with other showstoppers including honeybees, leafcutter ants and beetles. \u003cbr/\u003eAn insect enthusiast since childhood, Lemann says he has trouble picking a favorite, but some of the ones he likes best are velvet ants and spiders in general.   \u003cbr/\u003eInsects are also a great source of food and visitors at the Insectarium won't want to miss Bug-Apetit, the exhibit's in-house bug 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