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Meet the Bugs at the California State Fair

A sign at the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion, aka "Bug Barn," screams "Bugs, Stay Back!" A middle-aged woman takes the sign  literally. "What would you do if you saw THAT bug in our backyard?" she asks her daughter, about six years...

Visitors wander in and out of the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. The 2017 fair ends July 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors wander in and out of the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. The 2017 fair ends July 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug enthusiasts get a closer look at the specimens shown by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug enthusiasts get a closer look at the specimens shown by the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A California State Fair educational display in the Insect Pavilion about cockroaches and beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A California State Fair educational display in the Insect Pavilion about cockroaches and beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee forages on a sunflower just outside the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee forages on a sunflower just outside the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee stops and eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee stops and eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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