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Outhouse Exhibit Services • www.outhouseonline.com

Bugs that invade, infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human civilization are the focus of this exciting new exhibit, a companion to bestselling author

Amy Stewart’s new book Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Diabolical Insects (Algonquin Books, May 2011).

Steamer trunk-inspired and designed to travel, this exhibit is themed on all four sides and packed with interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking information on humankind’s relationship with bugs and the natural world. Each side features a different topic, and includes:

Bugs in HistoryAppetite for Destruction

The Gardener’s “Dirty Dozen”What’s Eating You?

Colorful and informative graphics and hands-on experiences set the stage for quality, experiential learning.

Plan a week, a month or a season of great programming and promotions with the portable Wicked Bugs exhibit. It’s a great complement to a lecture series, exhibit from your permanent collection, or seasonal event. And it makes a great centerpiece all on its own, with many learning opportunities contained in one small package.

Wicked Bugs: The Louse that Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Diabolical Insects (Algonquin Books, May 2011). For more information, visit www.wickedbugs.com

A Natural History Of The Dark Side Of Bugs

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Introduction/Wicked Bugs In History

Stories of some of the most famous and infamous bugs throughout history can be found nestled between the books in this library setting. Among the bugs that lived alongside notable figures in history, visitors will discover:

• The louse that conquered Napoleon’s army• The flea that tortured Columbus’ crew• Darwin’s deadly “kissing bugs”• The mosquito that sickened George Washington• The death-watch beetle that frightened Tom Sawyer

A subtopic for this area is “bookworms,” those pests that devour our written history. For example, did you know that the furniture beetle very nearly consumed Albert Einstein’s archive of letters at the Jewish National and University Library in Israel?

Take the “What’s Your Symptom?” quiz.

Side Two: Our Guests Within

As much as we try to avoid thinking about it, the human body makes a fine habitat for many bugs. And if you pay close attention, sometimes the way you feel can give you a hint of what’s eating you!

Features: • Discovery Drawers• Shadow Box Dioramas• Historic Portraits• Colorful and Informative Graphics

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• Do you have a stuffy nose? You might have a cold….but what if your nose was full of maggots, as one Southern California man discovered?

• Itchy skin? Ever wonder if it could be body lice? Napoleon’s army learned that the hard way.

• Sleepless nights? Are the bed bugs keeping you up? Travelers all over the country are wondering that right now.

• Upset stomach? What if it was tapeworms? Learn the REAL reason why good sanitation is so important!

These and other bug invaders, from the innocuous to the deadly, have inhabited humans for millennia. The quiz is accompanied by the real-life stories of people who have found themselves occupied by an unwelcome visitor.

“What’s More Deadly?” tests your bug knowledge and general squeamishness. What’s more deadly:

• A giant centipede or a tarantula? • A black widow spider,

or a mosquito? • A scorpion, or a giant millipede? • A tick or a bedbug?• The answers may surprise you.

Features: • Discovery Drawers• Flip panel interactive

experiences (“who’s more deadly” quiz)

• Graphics (Not Shown)

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Side Four: Gardener’s “Dirty Dozen”

If only there were only twelve to worry about!

Gardeners are known for their love of the natural world. But when insects attack their plants—or bite, sting, or simply annoy—even the most dedicated bug-lover can be put to the test.

From cutworms that take down seedlings before they’ve had a chance to root, to aphids that will suck the life right out of plants, not to mention the bites of ticks, spiders, and mosquitoes—gardeners face a host of challenges in their backyard retreats.

Flip panel “reveals” show visitors what’s hiding under the leaf and identify gardeners’ most-feared and dreaded backyard visitors.

The panels on this side will include:• Cutworm• Aphid• Whitefly• Slugs and snails• Japanese beetle• Tomato hornworm

Features: • Discovery Drawers• Flip panel interactives• Graphics (Not Shown)

• Scale• Tick• Spider• Mosquito• Biting Midge• Stinging caterpillars

What can you do? Sometimes, doing nothing is the best strategy. Select-A-Strategy interactive (TBD) presents a continuum of strategies, with emphasis on accurate identification and safety, including:

• Tolerating plant damage and understanding the role of all insects in the ecosystem

• Choosing resistant plant varieties• Encouraging predatory insects• Hand-picking• Pheromones • Sticky traps and barriers (like Japanese apple

bags, tick traps, protective clothing)• Safe, targeted sprays, if recommended by local

experts. (Examples given will be insecticidal soaps, horticultural oils, and pyrethrins)

Features: • Flip Panels• Select-A-Strategy guessing game• Graphics

• The Mountain Pine Beetle and its destruction of North American forests.

• The Formosan Subterranean Termite and its role in devouring the seams of the floodwalls before Hurricane Katrina.

• The corn rootworm and its remarkable ability to outsmart crop rotation.

• The Rocky Mountain Locust, which went mysteriously extinct after destroying almost 200,000 square miles of farmland.

• The boll weevil and its transformation of the American south.

• Phylloxera and the near-destruction of the French wine industry.

Side Three: Appetite For Destruction

They may be diminutive in size, but bugs can pack quite a punch. When it comes to crop damage, bugs like the Rocky Mountain locust have been blamed for wiping out thousands of acres in one season, slowly taking over continents, even evolving to outsmart human measures to control them.

Appetite For Destruction explores the most extreme of these bugs, and tells tales of full scale annihilation of farmland, forests, and cities, including:

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Target Audience

Wicked Bugs: The PorTaBle exhiBiT is intended for a general family audience (school age children and up) and will also appeal to special interest, adult audiences.

Wicked Bugs: The PorTaBle exhiBiT is a self-contained unit. It ships as its own crate, and is incredibly easy to set up. Once it has been put into place, the doors can be opened to reveal the complete exhibit inside.

Dimensions

The approximate dimensions are 4’ x 4’ x 6’ when closed; the exhibit will require approximately 8’ x 8’ when opened. Additional clearance required to view all four sides; up to 12’ x 12’.

Optional Author Lecture

Stewart is a highly sought-after public speaker whose spirited lectures have inspired and entertained audiences at college campuses, corporate offices, conferences and garden shows, as well as museums, botanical gardens, bookstores, and garden clubs nationwide. To book Amy as a speaker, send an email to: [email protected]

RENTAL FEES AND SCHEDULES

The PorTaBle exhiBiT is available at a weekly, monthly, or seasonal (twelve week) rate, as follows:

• $1,500 for one week• $1,000 for each additional week• $4,000 per month• $10,000 per 12-week season

Shipping costs vary based on your location, but are estimated at about $500 to $1500 (pro-rated).

Insurance requirements

Proof of liability and property insurance is required.

Schedules

Please contact Outhouse Exhibit Services directly for scheduling information and availability:

Mia Schillace Nelson [email protected] • 612/961-0782

The Portable Exhibit In Detail

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ART exhibitThe

Fifteen shadow box frames are included in this exhibit, requiring a minimum of 100 running feet.

RENTAL FEES AND SCHEDULES

The PorTaBle exhiBiT is available at a weekly, monthly, or seasonal (twelve week) rate, as follows:

• $350 for one week• $300 for each additional week• $1,200 per month• $3,000 per 12-week season

Shipping costs vary based on your location.

The Art Exhibit is a complete experience on its own. However, it is also a great complement to The PorTaBle exhiBiT. Special pricing for double bookings is available.

Along with these musem-quality exhibits, the prints are available as a traditional art installation, with no interpretive materials accompanying them. Please contact Outhouse for information.

The etchings that illustrate Wicked Bugs were created by briony morrow-cribbs using a copper etching technique that dates to Rembrandt. Ms. Morrow-Cribbs worked from life, photographs, and antique scientific illustrations to create these highly original works of art. To find out more, visit:

www.briony morrow-cribbs.com.

A selection of these prints are the focus of an elegant, framed art installation. More than simple prints on a wall, the limited edition, hand-tinted prints are presented within sophisticated shadow box displays that also contain factual information and 3-D objects and specimens.

Mia Schillace Nelson [email protected] • 612/961-0782

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About Wicked BugsWicked Bugs is the follow-up to Amy Stewart’s 2009 New York Times bestseller, Wicked Plants. In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over 100 of our worst entomological foes-creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary powers of six and eight-legged creatures.

About Amy StewartAmy Stewart is the award-winning author of five books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, two of which have been New York Times bestsellers. Her essays and commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Garden Design, Organic Gardening, and elsewhere. She’s been featured on NPR, Good Morning America and CBS Sunday Morning. She is the recipient of a National Endowment

for the Arts fellowship and the American Horticulture Society’s 2010 Book Award. Her books have been translated into Dutch, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and published in separate UK editions. Visit www.amystewart.com for more information.Wicked Plants was the subject of a summer-long exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 2009, which received extensive coverage from the New York Times, NPR’s Morning Edition, CBS Sunday Morning, and TLC’s Cake Boss. The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers will run a Wicked Plants exhibit from April-October 2011. In addition, the North Carolina Arboretum is developing a national traveling exhibit based on the book.

About the Wicked Bugs Lecture Tour and Media CampaignStewart lectures frequently throughout the United States and occasionally in Canada and the UK. Since the publication of Wicked Plants in May 2009, she has given 72 lectures to audiences ranging in size from 30 to 2000, and gave over 100 interviews to radio, newspaper, and television outlets. She is already booking events for Wicked Bugs in 2011 and beyond.With the publication of Wicked Bugs, Amy Stewart’s publisher, Algonquin Books, will carry out a nationwide media campaign that will include a satellite radio tour, national television appearances, and newspaper and magazine coverage. Any events or exhibits scheduled in 2011 will benefit from extra publicity support from Algonquin.

About Outhouse Exhibit ServicesOuthouse Exhibit Services has been in the business of traveling bug exhibits for more than ten years. Their past and present catalog of traveling exhibits include Spineless Wonders: Bugs From Around the World (currently on permanent display); Dr. Entomo’s Palace of Exotic Wonders (continuing the fourth year of its successful North American tour); and their most recent traveling exhibit Tarantulas: Alive and Up Close launched its North American tour in September 2010. Hosting institutions include the Delaware Museum of Natural History, North Carolina Arboretum, Oshkosh Public Museum, and the Santa Barbara Zoo to name a few. The traveling exhibits program and other specialty exhibits created, managed and toured by Outhouse Exhibit Services have reached more than a million zoo and museum visitors nationwide. Find out more at W W W.ouThouseonline.com.

About Briony Morrow-CribbsBriony Morrow-Cribbs began studying printmaking with her father, Bruce Morrow, at the Cat Skinner Press in Freeland, Washington as a teenager. Her printing education continued at Bennington College for two years, and in 2005 Briony graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. with a BFA, and is currently studying printmaking at the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the co-founder of Twin Vixen Press, and intaglio-based printmaking studio.

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