Make your way through four zones dedicated to some of the most diverse and fascinating invertebrates in the world. You’ll come face-to-face with millipedes, beetles, stick insects, and our leaf-cutting ant colony.
Welcome to Comstock tropical house where you’ll come face-to-face with millipedes, beetles and our leaf-cutting ant colony.
Zone 1
The forest floor
In this zone, you’ll encounter some of the insects that dwell in the dark and damp habitats of the forest floor. These insects play an important role in recycling organic matter and enriching the soil.
Millipede
“Millipede” means “Thousand Legs,” but they rarely have that many - in fact, the first millipede to have more than 1000 legs was only found In 2020!
Centipedes
No Centipede has exactly 100 legs; they have between 15 and 191 pairs of legs, but the number of pairs is always an odd number!
Isopods
Isopods are cousins of crabs and shrimp. The giant isopod grows up to 16 inches!
Stick insects
Now you see them… Stick insects are the insect world’s masters of camouflage. They can blend in perfectly with their surroundings.
Stick Insects
Stick insects can regenerate limbs.
Some stick insects can reproduce without males.
Measuring up to 64cm, Phryganistria chinensis Zhao is the longest insect in the world!
Leaf cutting ants
Our leaf cutting ant colony really showcases these tiny gardeners of the natural world. Learn about the complex social structure of the colony and their role in the rainforest ecosystem.
Leaf cutting ants
Leafcutter ants travel up to 100 metres to collect leaves. A single leafcutter ant can carry 50 times its own weight!
Beetles
Beetles are the most diverse order of insects. With over 400,000 documented species, no zoo could display them all. But we have some of the most unique and fascinating species for you to learn about.
One out of every four animals on Earth is a Beetle!
Beetles
The Palmetto Beetle, a type of Tortoise Beetle, can withstand a pulling force that is equivalent to 148 times its body mass — comparable to a human withstanding a pull of 23,000 pounds!
Our other tropical houses
Kirby
tropical house
Includes our ‘Introduction to Invertebrates’ and ‘Night Zone’ exhibits.
Do you have a curiosity for the small and the strange? Then you will love The Bug Parc, where you can get up close and personal with some of the most fascinating minibeasts on Earth.
What a unique and great day out. 5yo loved it all, the staff are incredibly friendly and seem to really enjoy being asked questions, you can tell they are passionate about bugs! Each enclosure has an info ca...
Very worth a visit! We will definitely be returning when the butterfly house is built in 2025, and likely again at future stages. The talks are great, theres so much for kids to do, theres lots of wheelchair...
Absolutely fabulous! Really pleasant day out with a nice cafe. The ant enclosure is especially amazing and we throughly enjoyed the handling experience. Really kind staff too. Cant wait to see it grow!
Had a day out here and wow what a little find. Quite a lot for the kids to do, So many diff little critters to see. The leaf cutter ants are an amazing sight, its like an Ant motorway up there. Food and dri...
Absolutely fantastic day out. Small site but so much to see and do! Loved all the different bugs and especially the big handling experience. The girls also really enjoyed the pedal go karts! Loads of free pa...
We visited this hidden gem on Thursday, having only recently heard of it. We were not expecting much but so surprised and amazed by how good the Bug Parc is! We took 3 children between the ages of 2 - 6 and...
This was another great day out (our second visit). The handling was a great experience. Clean and tidy site and the toilets are immaculate!!!!! Such a fair place to visit, no extra costs to ride on the p...