Bayer Insectarium
| Bayer Insectarium | |
|---|---|
St. Louis, Missouri, United States | |
| Memberships | AZA[1] |
| Public transit access |  MetroBus |
| Website | www |
The Bayer Insectarium is an
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
Notes
- ^ "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
- ^ "Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium on schedule, set to open next spring". St. Louis Commerce Magazine. September 1999. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
External links
Media related to Monsanto Insectarium at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
