Audubon Insectarium

Audubon Insectarium Use all five senses as you explore a museum devoted to some of the world’s fascinating insects.

Audubon Insectarium, located on Canal Street, encourages you to use all five senses as you explore a museum devoted to some of the world's most fascinating and important insects. At Bug Appetit discover and taste edible insect cuisine, explore a beautiful garden overlooking the Mississippi River with hundreds of free flying butterflies, muse over 50 displays with live arthropods, and much more. Book your tickets now, and discover why insects are the building blocks of all life on our planet.

Our Butterfly Garden has quite the view for Sail 250 New Orleans! 🦋
05/28/2026

Our Butterfly Garden has quite the view for Sail 250 New Orleans! 🦋

Our flower chafer and sun beetles are digging into a delicious mango feast! 🪲 🥭📸: Entomologist Alex
05/27/2026

Our flower chafer and sun beetles are digging into a delicious mango feast! 🪲 🥭

📸: Entomologist Alex

We’ll never get tired of watching a moon moth emerge! Fun fact: these beautiful moths only live about 7–9 days because t...
05/26/2026

We’ll never get tired of watching a moon moth emerge! Fun fact: these beautiful moths only live about 7–9 days because they don’t have functioning mouthparts to eat. 🌙 🦋

The Atlas moth is one of the largest moths in the world! Their wingspan can grow wider than a human face, but they’re co...
05/22/2026

The Atlas moth is one of the largest moths in the world! Their wingspan can grow wider than a human face, but they’re completely harmless.

Check out those bellies on our honeypot ants! 🐜 🍯Honeypot ants have an incredible survival strategy. Certain worker ants...
05/21/2026

Check out those bellies on our honeypot ants! 🐜 🍯

Honeypot ants have an incredible survival strategy. Certain worker ants, called repletes, store liquid food inside their swollen abdomens until they look like living golden grapes. When food becomes scarce, the other ants tap their antennae, and the repletes share the stored nectar to help feed the entire colony.

Strange-looking but amazing, these living “pantries” help their colony survive harsh desert conditions!

Entomologist Alex caught our Hercules beetle showing off his goofy side. 😅
05/19/2026

Entomologist Alex caught our Hercules beetle showing off his goofy side. 😅

The Pupae Lab always sparks excitement as we wait to see what will emerge! 🦋
05/18/2026

The Pupae Lab always sparks excitement as we wait to see what will emerge! 🦋

Heads up y'all! Audubon Insectarium and Audubon Aquarium will be closed on Tuesday, May 19 to allow our teams to make em...
05/15/2026

Heads up y'all! Audubon Insectarium and Audubon Aquarium will be closed on Tuesday, May 19 to allow our teams to make emergency preparations before the start of hurricane season.

Unlike the preparations you may make at your home, these preparations involve shutting down multiple systems, testing back-up electrical generators, and monitoring water, air, and life support systems to ensure they will be operational in case of an emergency.

The Aquarium and Insectarium will reopen on Wednesday, May 20, at 10:00 a.m.

Our blue death-feigning beetle enjoying a tasty bite of zucchini! 🥒
05/14/2026

Our blue death-feigning beetle enjoying a tasty bite of zucchini! 🥒

Think you can find all six dead leaf mantis on your visit? 👀
05/12/2026

Think you can find all six dead leaf mantis on your visit? 👀

Address

1 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA
70130

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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