Bayer Insectarium
Inside the insectarium
38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°W / 38.6349; -90.2919
Date opened2000
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
MembershipsAZA[1]
Public transit accessBus interchange MetroBus
Websitewww.stlzoo.org/visit/thingstoseeanddo/discoverycorner/insectarium
Paper kite, 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 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "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.
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