Monsanto Insectarium

Monsanto Insectarium
Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis Zoo
Paper Kite, Monsanto Insectarium

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.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "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. 

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Coordinates: 38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°W / 38.6349; -90.2919


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