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 m2) 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.[2]
| Bayer Insectarium | |
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 Inside the insectarium | |
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| 38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°W | |
| Date opened | 2000 |
| Location | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Memberships | AZA[1] |
| Public transit access |  MetroBus |
| Website | www |
The Bayer Insectarium is open every day except Christmas and New Years days. Admission to the zoo and the insectarium is free.
Butterfly collection
editThe 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
edit- ^ "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
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Media related to Monsanto Insectarium at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
