Starts 8th August, 4 Fridays, 10.30-12,
8 August 2025 - 29 August 2025
4 weeks, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CWEA, Christchurch
Join Simon Pollard for this mini-series delving into the incredible world of insects. Talks 1 and 2: Brains you can’t imagine! A brain the size of a sesame seed has the cunning of a mammal and it’s inside the head of a spider! Discover this and a myriad of other incredible facts about some of the smallest brains on the planet! Talks 3 and 4: The incredible insects of Aotearoa Simon latest book for Te Papa Press looks at our incredible insects, including grasshoppers dressed as gladiators (could be a w?t?!). In these two talks Simon will talk about some of the most fascinating insects and their weird and wonderful behaviours and characteristics.
