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| - I am so excited to be able to review things in Montreal, and extra excited this is my first thing to review!
This is adjacent to the Jardin Bontanique (so you might as well get the full ticket package, though truth be told I found the Jardin to be underwhelming)
The Insectarium is, as the name implies, a museum dedicated to insects. If you like mounted insects, this is the place for you. If you like watching living insects, maybe not so much, as there are only a handful of exhibits that feature live insects.
The museum is two levels, the first being predominantly mounted insects and how they have been utilized in various cultures for jewelry, pigment, torture, etc.
Downstairs is a more sprawling exhibit that includes more of the live insects, including this amazing ant colony, where one side is the nest, and the other side is their food source, so you can watch ants crawling over vines bringing food home. It's really amazing.
They also have the mandatory honeybee hives (which make sense since it's connected to a large garden) and an amazing Goliath Beetle who will fascinate you (or make your skin crawl)
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