Bayer Insectarium
Date opened | 2000 |
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Location | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Coordinates | 38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°WCoordinates: 38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°W |
Memberships | AZA[1] |
Website | www |
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]
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.
Adelpha fessonia
Mexican sister, undersideAgraulis vanillae
Gulf fritillaryHeliconius cydno
cydno longwing, undersideHeliconius erato
red postmanHeliconius hecale
tiger longwingHypolimnas bolina
great egg fly, maleIdea leuconoe
paper kiteJunonia atlites
gray pansyPhoebis sennae
cloudless sulphurPrecis iphita
chocolate pansyPrinceps memnon
great Mormon, femalePrinceps memnon
great Mormon, maleSiproeta 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
- Insectariums
- Saint Louis Zoo
- Buildings and structures in St. Louis
- Tourist attractions in St. Louis
- Butterfly houses
- Monsanto
- 2000 establishments in Missouri
- Zoos in Missouri