print email comment close Buginfo: Insects as Pets URL: http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/pets.htm Description: Brief descriptions of some insects that would be suitable as pets, including field crickets, praying mantids, ant-lions (also known as doodlebugs), caterpillars, and mealworms. From the Department of Systematic Biology of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Extra Keywords entomology mantis doodle-bug antlion Library of Congress Subject Headings: Insects Insects as pets Pets LII Database Information: Record 20533 created by Jennifer English on 02/01/2006 Last modification on 04/03/2007 Published: 02/16/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20533