Oklahoma Ugly Bug Home Page

Announcements: Contest entries closed on September 30. Currently, as of Dec 12, 2013, we are: (1) Processing bug arrivals!

The Winning Bugs for 2012 are HERE!


Mosquito Commerce Middle School Commerce	Antlion Community Christian Norman	Antlion Grandview School Commanche	Praying Mantis Jefferson Elementary Norman	Green Darner Dragonfly Kelley Elementary Moore

Antlion Monroe School Monroe	Red Milkweed Beetle Okarche Elementary Okarche	Dung Beetle Tupelo Public Schools Tupelo	Bed Bug Victory Life Academy Durant	Cowkiller Walters Elementary Walters

Each of the winning schools will receive a brand-new Leica stereomicroscope for their school!
Delivery of awards is still being arranged!

As always, the competition will be close for 2013. If you want to see ALL of the bugs of 2012 (including the one from your school, if your school entered), Click Here! This is the 2012 Poster!

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").

The Contest begins in August each year with results announced in November or December.

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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 Oct 17, 2013.

^* This is a paid link, but all proceeds go to providing more prizes.