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Bayer Insectarium
Butterfly zoo guide.JPG
Inside the insectarium
Date opened 2000
Location St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Coordinates 38°38′06″N 90°17′31″W / 38.6349°N 90.2919°W / 38.6349; -90.2919
Memberships AZA
Idea leuconoe 2
Paper kite, Monsanto Insectarium

The Bayer Insectarium is an exciting place where you can learn all about insects! It's located right inside the famous St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri. This amazing building, which cost $4 million to build, opened its doors in the year 2000. It's about 9,000 square feet, which is a lot of space for bugs!

The insectarium has cool exhibits where you can explore the world of insects. It's also a working research center. Here, scientists study insects and help them breed. You can even watch these scientists, called entomologists, through a special window. You can even ask them questions about their work!

One of the most popular parts of the insectarium is its special dome. This dome is shaped like a geodesic sphere. Inside, it's like a mini rainforest filled with beautiful flowers. Many different kinds of butterfly species fly freely around you.

The Bayer Insectarium is open almost every day of the year. It's only closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The best part is that visiting the St. Louis Zoo and the insectarium is completely free!

Discover the Butterfly Garden

The insectarium has a wonderful area called the tropical garden and pollinarium. This is where you can see many different kinds of butterflies. They fly around beautiful plants and flowers. It's a great place to watch them up close.

The pictures below show some of the amazing butterflies you might see in the pollinarium's collection.

  • Mexican sister underside

    Adelpha fessonia
    Mexican sister, underside

  • Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae
    Gulf fritillary

  • Cydno Longwing underside

    Heliconius cydno
    cydno longwing, underside

  • Red Postman

    Heliconius erato
    red postman

  • Heliconius hecale

    Heliconius hecale
    tiger longwing

  • Hypolimnas bolina

    Hypolimnas bolina
    great egg fly, male

  • Idea leuconoe

    Idea leuconoe
    paper kite

  • Gray pansy

    Junonia atlites
    gray pansy

  • Phoebis sennae

    Phoebis sennae
    cloudless sulphur

  • Chocolate pansy 1

    Precis iphita
    chocolate pansy

  • Great Mormon female

    Princeps memnon
    great Mormon, female

  • Great Mormon male

    Princeps memnon
    great Mormon, male

  • Malachite underside

    Siproeta stelenes
    malachite, underside

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