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Post by jellybean on May 11, 2022 21:10:27 GMT -8
The "Bug Fair" at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum has returned after a 2 year break due to COVID. It will be held on May 21 and 22, 2022! Come and see, sell, buy, and exchange insect specimens. Meet and visit fellow collectors. More information at: nhm.org/calendar/bug-fair-2022
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Post by wollastoni on May 16, 2022 0:32:01 GMT -8
Hope it will be a success !
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Post by jsleps on May 18, 2022 14:36:01 GMT -8
Glad to see that the Bug fair is back on. How has the event been prior to Covid? Last time I've attended was over a decade ago. I have the opportunity to attend, but wanted to see if it was worth the drive. I'm only seeing 27 exhibitors on the website and that seems very low. I remember the halls filled with vendors. Any input would be appreciated.
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Post by trehopr1 on May 18, 2022 15:18:12 GMT -8
It only takes one or two vendors to have what you would like. I think 27 vendors at any show is pretty darn good given the (general) limited interest in this hobby out there.
Even if half the vendors are selling live critters it still leaves you with the other half selling specimens -- albeit there may be two or three folks selling books or supplies.
I would consider myself EXTREMELY fortunate if I could drive to such a show. However, when one lives east of the Mississippi getting to California is nothing but, cost upon cost.
Between Air flight costs, hotel stays, and any Uber rides which may be necessary that doesn't leave one a whole lot of "greenbacks" left to buy specimens.
Tell us about it if you manage to get there and if possible try to snap a few pictures for those of us who cannot make it there.
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Post by livingplanet3 on May 20, 2022 11:35:51 GMT -8
I haven't been to the NHMLAC bug fair since the late 1990s. I wonder how much it might have changed since those days. Back then, there were a number of private collectors that used to regularly exhibit specimens from their collections; not sure if that's still the case, but I've been told by friends in SoCal that increasingly, the fair has been geared more toward commercial interests. This is likely partly due to the rising fees for tables (but of course, the cost of everything has been going up, especially over the past couple of years).
Anyway - although this is one of the largest insect fairs in North America, it pales in comparison to those held in some other countries (i.e. Germany, Japan). I think I'd feel totally overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of what would be on offer at such events.
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