india's first insect museum has been opened in the state of tamil nadu.
india's first insect museum has been opened in the state of tamil nadu.
india's first insect museum has been opened in which state?
tamil nadu
the butterfly house, constructed at a cost of 6 million, has more than 25 host plants and landscaped habitats, such as bushes, lianas, streams, waterfall and rock-gardens, that attract many species of butterflies such as the common mormon, crimson rose, mottled emigrant, blue tiger, evening brown and lime butterfly. a network of ponds interconnected by streams maintains humidity in the area. the park covers an area of 5 acres. the butterfly garden with an insect museum at the entrance is set up by the tamil nadu agricultural university (tnau), coimbatore. the insect museum has been planned with an exhibit area comprising insect exhibits representing the most common indian species of all orders of insects both in the form of preserved specimens and in the form of photographs.
arignar anna zoological park
nawa insect museum









































the is a museum in the city of gifu, gifu prefecture, japan. it is operated by the nawa insect research center.









































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yasushi nawa, the man who discovered the gifu butterfly and is known as "the insect man," opened the nawa insect research center in april 1896. the center was moved to its present location in gifu park in 1904, and became the nawa insect museum in 1919, the first insect museum in japan. it currently houses over 300,000 specimens of 18,000 different insect species.
nawa insect museum