Apr. 2013 - World of the Insect - Black Tree Monitor

In the What Eats Insects section

The zoo's AZA award winning Insectarium has been the largest collection of invertebrates from its opening in 1978. World of the Insect contains many terrariums for over 500 species of insects located all around the building. The zoo has received four Edward H. Bean Awards for the birth of species such as the Hercules beetle, royal Goliath beetle, giant walking stick, and the harlequin beetle. Although reserved for insects, furthermore the complex contains many reptile, mammal, and bird species. The Leaf-Cutter Ant Station, are two large tanks connected by a glass tube that travels into multiple rooms in which millions of ants can walk through. The first of the country's kind, the 'Butterfly Rainforest', is an adjacent walk-through atrium that includes numerous free-roaming tropical birds and butterflies.

-What is an Insect?: Green-leaf Cockroach, Emerald Beetle, Vinegaroon, Amazon Millipede, Mexican Red-knee Tarantula, Togo Tarburst Tarantula, Zebra Bug, Red-eyed Assassin Bug, Australian Walking Stick, Spiny Leaf Insect, Cave Whip Spider.
-Success of the Insect: Bat Cave Cockroach, Magnificent Flower Beetle, Tin Foil Beetle, Emperor Scorpion.
-What Insects Eat: Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle, Thorny Devil, Domino Roach, Brown Recluse Spider, Desert Hairy Scorpion, Giant Black Stag Beetle, Honey Ant.
-Defense and Escape: Emperor Scorpion, Grey Bird Grasshopper, Giant Jumping Stick, Sunburst Diving Beetle.
-What Eats Insects: Blue Spiny Lizard, Black Tree Monitor, Rough Green Snake, Dyeing Poison Dart Frog, Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, Ornate Horned Frog, Emperor Tamarin.
-Insects in Motion: Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Water Scavenger Beetle, Giant Water Bug, Water Scorpion, Water Strider.
-Naked Mole Rat: An Termite-Like Mammal: Naked Mole Rat.
-Egg to Adult: White-eyed Assassin Bug, Yellow-bellied Beetle.
-Insect Lifestyles: Taxicab Beetle, Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, Goliath Bird Eater Tarantula, Giant Cockroach, Bullet Ant, Giant Walking Stick, Malayan Leaf Katydid, Leaf-cutter Ant, Green-leaf Katydid, Big-headed Ant, Honeybee.
-Butterfly Rainforest: African-helmeted Turtle, African Pygmy Goose, Jambu Fruit Dove, Spangled Cotinga, West Peruvian Dove, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Golden-headed Manakin, Blue Ground Dove, Passion Flower Butterfly.