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Insectarium

Fodor's Review:

Even if you hate bugs, you'll love this ugly, yet beautiful collection of thousands of creepy crawlers -- tarantulas, giant centipedes, assassin bugs, and metallic beetles that look like pieces of gold jewelry. There are more than 50 live species and mounted insects from around the world at this museum started by exterminator Steve Kanya. The 5,000-square-foot space has one of the largest butterfly and moth collections in North America, a working beehive, a tank filled with glow-in-the-dark scorpions, and a kitchen teeming with live cockroaches. Don't forget to check out the amazing bug gift shop. It's easier to drive here than to take public transportation. By public transit: from 15th and Market Street Station take the Market-Frankford subway to the end (Bridge Street); transfer to SEPTA Bus 66 to Welsh Road.

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