André-Philippe Drapeau Picard

Chaque mardi, Le Devoir offre un espace aux artisans d’un périodique. Cette semaine, nous vous proposons un extrait d’un texte paru dans Spirale, no 289 (2025). Le terme « naturaliste » peut sembler provenir d’une époque révolue, évoquant les sociétés savantes d’antan, les cabinets de curiosité et les musées d’histoire naturelle.

Find our featured insects and their fact sheets. Will you be able to spot them when you visit? This mantis can camouflage itself on the orchids of tropical rainforests. It can be observed in the Great Vivarium. This Central and South American butterfly has bright colors and ocelli on its wings that scare away its predators. Native from the tropical rainforests of Central Africa, this beetle has beautiful metallic colours of blue-purple. What to do at the Insectarium?

1 INTRODUCTION Insect pollinators are essential for the sexual reproduction of cultivated and wild plants, and thus are key to food security and ecosystem stability (Klein et al., 2007; Ollerton et al., 2011).