Bayer Insectarium facts for kids
Inside the insectarium
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| Date opened | 2000 |
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| Location | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°W |
| Memberships | AZA |
The Bayer Insectarium is an insectarium located within the St. Louis Zoo, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 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.
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.
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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
