Monsanto Insectarium
The Bayer Insectarium is an insectarium located within the Saint Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Having opened in 2000 and designed by David Mason & Associates with a cost of $4 million, this 9,000 square feet (840 m) facility houses educational exhibits and an active breeding and research facility. It also includes a window to the exhibits area and two-way communications so visitors may watch entomologists work and ask them questions. The facility even includes a geodesic flight dome cage, which is home to numerous rainforest flowers and butterfly species.
The Bayer Insectarium is open every day except Christmas and New Years days. Admission to the zoo and the insectarium is free.
Butterfly collection
The insectarium includes a tropical garden and pollinarium. The gallery (below) illustrates a few specimens from the pollinarium's collection.
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Adelpha fessonia
Mexican sister, underside -
Agraulis vanillae
Gulf fritillary -
Heliconius cydno
cydno longwing, underside -
Heliconius erato
red postman -
Heliconius hecale
tiger longwing -
Hypolimnas bolina
great egg fly, male -
Idea leuconoe
paper kite -
Junonia atlites
gray pansy -
Phoebis sennae
cloudless sulphur -
Precis iphita
chocolate pansy -
Princeps memnon
great Mormon, female -
Princeps memnon
great Mormon, male -
Siproeta stelenes
malachite, underside
Notes
- ^ "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ^ "Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium on schedule, set to open next spring". St. Louis Commerce Magazine. September 1999. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
External links
Media related to Monsanto Insectarium at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
