If you visit the fantastic and expansive gardens you may be tempted to skip the Insectarium due to exhaustion, but DO NOT MISS IT! The insect displays begin outside the building and include fun viewing activities for the kids. And inside the building are amazing displays of all kinds of creatures, including (these are all my names, not the technical ones) 14 carat gold beetles, walking sticks, gigantic "sword" bearing roaches, exotic colored centipedes, intricately winged dragonflies and furry winged "winter" butterflies (and so, so many other specimins). Plus roving "on the spot" carts with live insects on display described by a curator (let one run across your hand if you dare - I did!). But my favorite thing? The Leafcutter ants exhibit. I could have easily watched them for hours, making their long perilous cross-country trek (well, surely that's how they must see it) to ensure the nest's survival; overcoming all sorts of obstacles to make it to the other side with their precious leaf cargo in tow. I found myself critiquing certain ants for "lazy" work while rooting for others to make it home with leaf bits twice their size. Never has any TV drama been this compelling.