Monsanto Insectarium
 Inside the insectarium | |
| Date opened | 2000 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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The Monsanto Insectarium is an insectarium located within the St. Louis Zoo, in St. Louis, Missouri. David Mason & Associates designed the $4 million, 9,000 square feet (840 m2) facility which opened in 2000. It houses educational exhibits and an active breeding and research facility. The research facility includes a window to the exhibits area and two-way communications so visitors may watch entomologists work and ask them questions. The facility also includes a geodesic flight dome cage, home to numerous rainforest flowers and butterfly species.[2]
The Monsanto 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, 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
- ↑ "List of 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. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
External links
Media related to Monsanto Insectarium at Wikimedia Commons- Official website