Show Info PagesOctober 24, 2026, AFRMA display at the Creepy Crawly Day at the Idyllwild Nature Center in Idyllwild, CA.
 Welcome to the 2nd Creepy Crawly Day at the Idyllwild Nature Center in Idyllwild, CA. The event was held in the meeting room of the nature center. |
 The Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks table. |
 A display of skulls in the morning at the Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks table. |
 Some of the items at the Craft table the kids could make. |
 The craft table was popular with the kids. |
 A Metallic Stag beetle that visitors could get a close-up look under the microscope. |
 Visitors enjoying looking at the many bugs under the microscopes. |
 The Rosy Boa at the tarantula booth www.jamiesontheweb.com. |
 The AFRMA display in the morning before the rats were added. |
 The 2 Blue Pearl mice in the display, owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
 The Cinnamon Pearl and Pearl half-brother rats in the display, owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
 Some visitors looking at the rats in the morning. The pumpkin carving was going on outside where most of the visitors were. |
 A new display this year was the Invertebrate Club of Southern California. They had a lot of interesting bugs on display. |
 One of the giant blow-up bugs at the Invertebrate Club of Southern California booth. |
 A Western Short-Horn Walking Stick in the Invertebrate Club of Southern California booth. |
 One of the Invertebrate Club of Southern California tarantula displays. |
 Non-venomous male and female Amblypygi, a.k.a. Giant Tanzanian Whip Spider (which are not spiders), in the Invertebrate Club of Southern California booth. |
 Dairy Cow Isopods (crustaceans) in the Invertebrate Club of Southern California booth. The garden variety are commonly called pill bugs, roly-polies, or sow bugs. |
 The Cinnamon Pearl and Pearl half-brother rats in the display, owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
 One of the Blue Pearl mice. The mice were curious and came out many time to see what was going on. Mouse owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
 One of the Idyllwild Nature Center critters Milothe Bearded Dragon. |
 An owl in one of the Nature Center exhibits. |
 The other giant blow-up bug from the Invertebrate Club of Southern California outside to greet visitors. |
 Allison Fedrick, the Park Interpreter, as a butterfly. |
 A large butterfly mural on the side of the bathroom building. The Idyllwild Nature Center has their annual Butterfly Daze event in August. |
 Pumpkin Carving this way --->. |
 The pumpkin carving stations waiting for the carvers. |
 Let the carving begin! |
 Pumpkin carving. Who will have a winning entry? |
 Pumpkin carving. Who will have a winning entry? |
 Pumpkin carving. Who will have a winning entry? |
 Pumpkin carving. Who will have a winning entry? |
 Pumpkin carving. Who will have a winning entry? |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The carved pumpkins. |
 The 15 entries lined up waiting for judging. |
 The Cutest pumpkin was the Cat by Perle. |
 The Scariest pumpkin was Jack Skellington by Arabella. |
 The Most Creative/Most Original was the Raven with Pumpkin by Jaicee. |
 The face painting was busy until closing time. |
 The Invertebrate Club of Southern California was very popular with the visitors. |
 One of the Blue Pearl mice peeking out to snack on the Old Mother Hubbard Just Vegg’n dog biscuit. Mouse owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
 There was a lot of people throughout the day and we had all positive comments about the rats and mice. Next door at the tarantula booth there was a tub of shed tarantula exoskeletons that people could touch. |
 The Cinnamon Pearl rat using his Pearl half-brother as a pillow, owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters. |
 Trees with the mountains in the background. |
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