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"Catch a Bug" outreach program headed to Oahu public libraries | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Updated at 4:04 p.m., Monday, June 2, 2008

"Catch a Bug" outreach program headed to Oahu public libraries

The Hawaii State Public Library System and Bishop Museum will this summer present "Catch a Bug," an educational outreach program in entomology featuring samples of insects from one of the world's largest insect collections.

The program is designed to introduce students to the study of insects and help them have an awareness of the living world around them.

Bishop Museum Entomology Collections Manager Shepherd Myers, and intern Shar Hashimoto, will be visiting O'ahu libraries beginning June 16 through July 12. They will bring along examples of insects from Bishop Museum's collection, which includes more than16,500 types — mostly from the Pacific, but also those resulting from early Hawaiian-based biological control explorations from around the world.

"Catch a Bug" is a fun summer learning program supported in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement's Education through Cultural & Historic Organizations (ECHO). The ECHO initiative provides educational enrichment to Native and non-native children and lifelong learners.

Catch a Bug scientists will be at the following libraries:

  • Kapolei Public Library, June 16, 10:30 a.m.

  • Waipahu Public Library, June 17, 10:30 a.m.

  • Aiea Public Library, June 17, 2 p.m.

  • Kahuku Public Library, June 18, 10:30 a.m.

  • McCully-Moiliili Public Library. June 19, 3 p.m.

  • Waialua Public Library, June 21, 10 a.m.

  • Kaimuki Public Library, June 11, 1 p.m.

  • Wahiawa Public Library, June 23, 10:30 a.m.

  • Salt Lake Public Library, June 24, 2 p.m.

  • Liliha Public Library, June 24, 7 p.m.

  • Ewa Beach Public and School Library, June 25, 10:45 a.m.

  • Hawaii Kai Public Library, June 26, 10:30 a.m.

  • Aina Haina Public Library, June 27, 10:30 a.m.

  • Kailua Public Library, June 28, 10:30 a.m.

  • Kaneohe Public Library, June 29, 2:30 p.m.

  • Kalihi-Palama Public Library, July 1, 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

  • Hawaii State Library, July 12, 11 a.m.

    For more information about "Catch a Bug," call your local public library or Bishop Museum at 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org
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