Bugs on Wheels

07/01/2025

Leaf bugs not only have excellent camouflage, but they have great mimicry skills as well. These creatures know what they are trying to emulate, so sometimes when I lightly blow on them, they start to shake and curl up their abdomen to mimic a leaf that is blowing in the wind. How amazing is that?! 😀🍃

06/25/2025

Last night my daughter was doing something that I also loved doing as a child, and honestly still love doing as an adult. 😉 She wass catching bugs, but specifically fireflies. Watching her pure excitement and happiness as she followed their glowing lights was definitely a core memory for me as a parent and it made me smile so much. 🥹 May we learn a lesson from children not to lose our childlike wonder and fascination with the beautiful world around us. 🫙✨🌎🪲

06/16/2025

Tarantulas, beetles, scorpions, oh my!! 🕷️🪲🦂 So far we’ve had 2 wonderful days at The Village of Rochester Hills, and we have a bunch left!! Come to the pavilion from EITHER 10am-11am OR 6pm-7pm on the following dates to get a free Bugs on Wheels Experience for you and your kids! It’s a fun family experience that allows you to get hands on and up close to bugs and learn why they aren’t so scary! I promise to provide you with a fun and educational core memory! See you there!! ☀️🐞🦋🪳

*Remaining Summer Dates*

June 26th
July 17th
July 24th
August 7th
August 21st
September 4th

06/10/2025

Cinderella met Spinderella this past weekend and let’s just say that I don’t think she liked Spinderella as much as she likes Gus and Jaq. 🤣🐭 Shout out to the princess gang for facing your fears!! 👸🏼🕷️

05/30/2025

Time to give this girl a little green gummy worm! 🐛 😉 Feeding videos are always some of the most interesting. If there’s one tarantula that I have that I can count on to immediately attack whatever food I give her, it’s my Brazilian White Knee. I keep her in my amazing enclosure from that also doubles as wall art! This girl is gorgeous, but she’s sassy and she flicks hairs like crazy, so I don’t hold her. 😆

05/23/2025

These 2 birthday girls are the absolute sweetest! They had been to a couple of my events already, but both love bugs and wanted me at their joint birthday party. 🥳 My sisters never liked bugs the way that I did (or at all, really 🤣), so I think it’s so special that these 2 both share this unique passion together! I was honored to help celebrate them! 💖🥳🐞

05/19/2025

It’s that time of year again- Bugs on Wheels is coming to The Village of Rochester Hills!!! This year we are switching things around a bit as far as dates, times, and even location. The dates are posted below, and the times for each day will be from 10am-11am, AND 6pm-7pm on the SAME DAY. So total, you guys will have 16 times this summer to see your favorite cute and crawly friends! The new spot for this event will be inside the Gazebo at Festival Park. As usual, this event will be exhibit-style, NOT presentation-style. This means that you can get there any time during the hour to come and see the bugs on your own time. Hold a tarantula, come face to face with a giant centipede, see beautiful butterfly taxidermy, watch beetles pretend they are dead, and see a leaf bug! Or wait…maybe it’s just a leaf…or is it a bug?? Come find out and see for yourself! My little friends and I can’t wait to see you!!! - Nadia aka “The Bug Lady”

~BUGS ON WHEELS DATES~

May 29th
June 12th
June 26th
July 17th
July 24th
August 7th
August 21st
September 4th

05/08/2025

Such a fun time!!! 🪲🕷️🦂🐞🦋🪳🐛

Our GSRP students at the Community Education Center had an exciting, hands-on experience with their insect curriculum thanks to Bugs on Wheels!

04/29/2025

This summer is going to be so much fun!! 🤩

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04/29/2025

Ok local friends and followers! I’m toying with the idea of hosting taxidermy classes in the winter during my slower season. Comment below if you guys would be interested at all! 🦋🪳🥲🪲🕷️🪰

04/28/2025

My sun beetles (Pachnoda sinuata) have been thriving! ☀️🪲 Check out all of the stages if this species from egg, to larvae, to pupae, to beetle! These cute little guys come from Africa, and feed on decaying matter as larvae, and fruits as adults! 🪵🍎

04/25/2025

Growing up, I loved finding these massive caterpillars in our country garden. 🐛 My mother did not, so she gave them to me and it worked out. 😆 While tomato hornworms aren’t great for tomato plants, these ones turn into five-spotted hawk moths and are actually pollinators! They aren’t the prettiest moths to look at, but they still play an important role to our ecosystem in both pollinating and serving as food for other night creatures like bats. 🦇