The bug collection started in 1888 by Virginia Tech. Victoria Wang enjoyed showing up the growing insect collection. “This year has been real busy,” she said. The seventh installment of the festival was held last Saturday at the Virginia Tech Inn.James Holden, 7, learns how special muscles around insects’ tongue to help extract nectar at the VT Bug Bio-Mechanical booth.Jim Hill’s, president of the New River Beekeepers’ Association, bee exhibit was one of the largest at the BugFest.Gabe Smith, 7, acts like a spider at the VT BugFest to stay on a spider web to retrieve prey caught in the sticky webbing.
