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Sally Love, director of the Insect Zoo in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History with a selection of insects walking on her. Included are: "Muriel", a Mexican Orange-Kneed Tarantula (Euathlus smithii); A New Guinea Walking Stick (Heteropteryx dilatata); an Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum); a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphodorhina portentosa); and a Unicorn Beetle. (The Dragonfly is a jewelry broach). At the Insect Zoo visitors can see Tarantula feeding three times a day and hold a Hissing Cockroach or a Tobacco Hornworm Caterpillar in their hand. ==Smithsonian photo #92-13506 by Laurie Minor-Penland. Copyright 1992 Smithsonian Institution. Do not reproduce without written permission. onfly is a jewelry broach). At the Insect Zoo visitors can see Taraÿntula feeding three times a day and hold a Hissing Cockroach or a Tobacco Hornworm Caterpillar in their hand. ==Smithsonian photo #92-13506 by Laurie Minor-Penland.A rare "Glory of the Sea" shell (Conus Gloriamaris), from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History. This shell was displayed in the popular "Splendors of Nature" exhibition. Smithsonian Photo #77-6170 by Dane A. Penland. Copyright 1993 Smithsonian Institution. Do not reproduce without written permission. hoto #93-1339 by Carl Hansen. Copyright 1993 Smithsonian Institution. Do not reproduce without written permission.