- Monsanto Insectarium
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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. [1]
The Monsanto Insectarium is open every day except Christmas and New Years days. The insectarium opens at 9:00. Closing hour depends on the season. Admission to the zoo and the insectarium is free.
Contents
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
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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 -
Siproeta stelenes
Malachite, underside
See also
Notes
- ^ "Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium on schedule, set to open next spring". St. Louis Commerce Magazine. 2005. http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/september1999/construction.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
External links
- "Monsanto Insectarium". stlzoo.org. Saint Louis Zoo. http://www.stlzoo.org/yourvisit/thingstoseeanddo/discoverycorner/insectarium/. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
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- Monsanto Insectarium
- Promised Land Zoo
- Saint Louis Zoo
- Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium
Categories:- Insectariums
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