Insectarium

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An insectarium is a live

, and other scientists that study terrestrial arthropods and similar animals.

Overview

Some insectariums may include museum displays of mounted insects and exhibits about insects.^[1]

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List of insectariums

Public insectariums or insect zoos include:

Africa

• Algiers Insectarium,
  Algiers, Algeria

Asia

• Bangkok, Thailand
• Entopia (formerly Penang Butterfly Farm),(Penang, Malaysia)
• Gunma Insect World, Kiryū, Gunma, Japan
• Insect Science Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Australia

• Insectarium of Victoria, (Victoria, Australia)

Europe

• Insektariumas (Lithuania, Palanga)
• Stratford Butterfly Farm, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
• Padova, Italy

North America

Canada

• Lyman Entomological Museum, Quebec, Canada
• Montréal
• Newfoundland Insectarium, Reidville, Newfoundland

• Victoria, BC Canada
• Victoria, BC, Canada

United States

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Bayer Insectarium at the Museum of Life and Science, Durham, North Carolina
• Bohart Museum of Entomology, Davis, California
• Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, Colorado [1]
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden,
  Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York
• Henry Doorly Zoo, Butterfly and Insect Pavilion, Omaha, Nebraska
• Houston, Texas
• Insect Adventure, Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Butterfly Biosphere Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Utah
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• St. Louis, Missouri
• O. Orkin Insect Zoo, Washington, D.C.
• Los Angeles, California
• San Francisco, California
• Detroit Zoo, Wildlife interpretive gallery (aviary, and butterfly garden), Detroit, Michigan
• Long Island Exhibition Center

See also

• Formicarium

References