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The Monsanto Insectarium is an insectarium located within the St. Louis Zoo, in St. Louis, Missouri. David Mason & Associates designed the $4 million, 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 Monsanto 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. Image:Mexican_sister_underside.JPG|''Adelpha fessonia'' Mexican sister, underside Image:Gulf Fritillary.JPG|''Agraulis vanillae'' Gulf Fritillary Image:Cydno Longwing underside.JPG|''Heliconius cydno'' - Cydno longwing, underside Image:Red Postman.JPG|''Heliconius erato'' Red Postman Image:Heliconius hecale.JPG|''Heliconius hecale'' Tiger Longwing Image:Hypolimnas bolina.JPG|''Hypolimnas bolina'' Great Egg Fly, male Image:Idea leuconoe.JPG|''Idea leuconoe'' Paper Kite Image:Gray pansy.JPG|''Junonia atlites'' Gray pansy Image:Phoebis sennae.JPG|''Phoebis sennae'' Cloudless Sulphur File:Chocolate pansy 1.JPG|''Precis iphita'' Chocolate Pansy Image:Great Mormon female.JPG|''Princeps memnon'' Great Mormon, female Image:Great Mormon male.JPG|''Princeps memnon'' Great Mormon, male Image:Malachite underside.JPG|''Siproeta stelenes'' Malachite, underside 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monsanto Insectarium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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