Announcements: Follow the 2020 contest at @OklaUglybug on Twitter!!

Oklahoma Ugly Bug Contest is UNDERWAY!!   THE ENTRANTS LOOK PRETTY UGLY ...... 2020 Ugly Bug Contestants! Blue Dasher & Prey Metro Christian Academy Tulsa Dragonfly Nymph Art Goad Intermediate School Chelsea Robber Fly Emmanual Christian School Enid Wheel Bug Whittier Elementary School Muskogee Female Rhinoceros Beetle Casady School Oklahoma City Assassin Bug Terra Verde Discovery School Norman Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Tuttle Intermediate School Tuttle Robber Fly Marlow Elementary Marlow Wheel Bug Rattan Elementary Rattan Cow Killer Washington Elementary Norman Horned Passalus Beetle Jefferson Elementary Norman Cicada Killer Sayre Public Schools Sayre Ring-Legged Earwig Ator Elementary Owasso Silverfish Connections Academy Oklahoma Bartlesville Did I forget to mention that we have a Facebook Page??? Click on the following to see All of last year's Ugly Bug Contestants! Last Year's Ugly Bug Winners! Horse fly Allen Public School Allen Cicada Blair Elementary Blair Mole Cricket Coleman Elementary Coleman Grub Worm Krebs Elementary Krebs Woolly Bear Caterpillar Metro Christian Academy Tulsa Ant Lion Larva Oolagah Upper Elementary Oolagah As always, the competition was close. If you want to see ALL of the bugs of the previous year (2019), including the one from your school [if your school entered], Click Here! Each of the winning schools will receive a brand-new stereomicroscope for their school! Here is a link to Last Year's Poster! What does an award ceremony look like? OMS scientists descend on the winning school bringing prizes, posters and images of the winning bug along with fun electronic activities and an online award ceremony. Clisk the following link if you want to see a full size PDF poster (but it may take a few moments to load as it is 18 MB!) The PBS "Beauty of Ugly" show, which includes Ugly Bug, was originally aired in November 2007. Now available on DVD through PBS (for purchase) and by rental at verious places (look up "Nature: The Beauty of Ugly"). This is also available online at PBS, but you may have to pay or be a donor (Oklahoma Ugly Bug starts at 29:35 into the show). The Contest begins in the fall each year with results typically announced in the spring.     Since 12/10/98, you are visitor number: This page is maintained by Scott Russell, Samuel Roberts Noble Microscopy Lab, University of Oklahoma. Please address any comments or inquiries to srussell@ou.edu. As with most web pages out there, these are still under development, so any suggestions for improvements, useful links or information about defective links would be appreciated. This page was last revised Thursday, 04-Mar-2021 21:57:18 CST.