Insect Festival Draws Buzz From Students

Hundreds of students in Northwest Arkansas were really bugged today.

School groups from across the region took a field trip to the 13^th Arkansas Insect Festival at the University of Arkansas’ Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center.

The one-day free event featured an insect zoo, cockroach races, insect movies and a beekeeping exhibit.

The purpose of the annual festival is to teach students about the insect world in a setting they say is also an awful lot of fun.

The insect festival usually draws 1,500 to 4,000 students, and always generates lots of buzz.