i think we have maybe just a little more of a year left and elanore was really sad, she was like, oh now, i love that trap! >> six year old elanore is growing up with the large science experiment in her backyard. >> when i was little, when i was 5 years old, we found a sparkling beetle and then we started to like them because they were all sparkly. >> although the new flies are the aim of this project, a plethora of other insects are also in the bug soup. >> wow. >> whether it's beetles, ants or flies - the 30 volunteer families have actually created a buzz... discovering a total of 30 new species within the first three months of the experiment. >> megasilia renwickorum. >> you say that very proudly--. >> i am! >> that is a fly that is named after you guys. >> yes, i don't have any sons to carry on the family name so... we have fly. >> at l.a.'s natural history museum, the bug stops here. scientists are constantly cataloging insects of every shape and size. >> this is where all the bioscan samples are being saved. only in l.a.'s natural history museum is there anything like it in the