Monsanto Insectarium

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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 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.

1 Butterfly Collection
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] 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