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Hokie BugFest 2025
Venue: Squires Student Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Virginia Tech Department of Entomology
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, STEM Events
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Virginia Tech Department of Entomology presents the 15th Annual Hokie BugFest inside the Squires Student Center on the campus of Virginia Tech on Saturday, October 18, 2025.

Enjoy live bugs, educational exhibits, and hands-on activities! Hokie BugFest is annual educational event that highlights an ongoing youth education program hosted by the Virginia Tech Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension's 4-H program, and the department's student-run professional organization, the W. B. Alwood Entomological Society.

Event Highlights include:
• Over 40 exhibitors including Virginia Tech labs, Extension groups, local museums, and community/industry organizations will share their latest research, provide games, showcase live animals and provide a host of other activities.

• Hokie BugZoo: See blue death feighning beetles, scorpions that glow, bird-eating tarantulas, giant cave roaches, vinegaroons, termites in action, Madagascar hissing cockroaches and other fascinating arthropods. Many are from countries around the world and others live right here in Virginia.

• Hokie Bug Carnival: Participate in fun carnival-style games and our buggy photo booth while learning more about entomology. Test your luck and hone your skills as you play: bug ball, insect magnetism, butterfly roundup, ladybeetle float, critter toss, and ring a walking stick. Win prizes. Open to all ages.

• Earn your Junior Entomologist certificate. Answer a few simple questions and complete our scavenger hunt to earn your certificate and a prize of your choice.

• 4-H Insect Collection Contest. Check out insect collections entered by young entomologists from around the region. Winners will be announced; ribbons and prizes will be given.

• BugFest Storytime with Joelle in the 2nd Floor Atrium at 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.

This is a free event that is open to the public.

There will be an early opening from 9:00-10:00 AM for those with special needs (S.A.F.E. hour).

Note: Permits are not needed to park on campus during the weekend.

This event highlights an ongoing youth education program hosted by the Virginia Tech Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Virginia Cooperative Extension's 4-H program, and the department's student-run professional organization, the W. B. Alwood Entomological Society. Since its inception in 1966, Alwood Society members have engaged over 30,000 children by hosting department tours, visiting schools, and supporting special events like the Hokie BugFest. The event is just one day in this ongoing, year-round effort.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/d03wLJ6R/image.png.

For more information, please visit: https://www.hokiebugfest.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/hokiebugfest or https://www.facebook.com/events/2231351370682178/ or https://www.instagram.com/hokiebugfest or call 540-231-6543 to find out more.