# Insectarium

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{{Short description|Zoo, museum, or exhibit of live insects}}
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An '''insectarium''' is a live [insect](/source/insect) [zoo](/source/zoo), or a [museum](/source/museum) or exhibit of live insects.  Insectariums often display a variety of insects and similar [arthropods](/source/arthropods), such as [spiders](/source/spiders), [beetles](/source/beetles), [cockroach](/source/cockroach)es, [ants](/source/ants), [bees](/source/bees), [millipedes](/source/millipedes), [centipedes](/source/centipedes), [cricket](/source/cricket_(insect))s, [grasshopper](/source/grasshopper)s, [stick insects](/source/Phasmatodea), [scorpion](/source/scorpion)s, [mantises](/source/mantises) and  [woodlice](/source/woodlouse).  Displays can focus on learning about insects, types of insects, their habitats, why they are important, and the work of [entomologists](/source/entomologists), [arachnologist](/source/arachnologist)s, and other scientists that study terrestrial arthropods and similar animals.

==Overview==
Some insectariums may include museum displays of mounted insects and exhibits about insects.<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=JrUaaFchEZMC&dq=insectarium&pg=PA38 The New Insectarium in the Zoological Society's Gardens]", ''[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal))'', Volume 24. May 12, 1881. 38.</ref>

A [butterfly house](/source/butterfly_house_(conservatory)) is a type of insectarium that specializes in live [butterflies](/source/butterflies) and [moths](/source/moths).  In addition, there are seasonal butterfly gardens on display at many zoos, [botanical gardens](/source/botanical_gardens), [nature center](/source/nature_center)s, [natural history museums](/source/natural_history_museums), and [science museums](/source/science_museums).

==List of insectariums==
Public insectariums or insect zoos include:

=== Africa ===
* Algiers Insectarium, [Algiers, Algeria](/source/Algiers%2C_Algeria) 

=== Asia ===
* [Bangkok Butterfly Garden and Insectarium](/source/Bangkok_Butterfly_Garden_and_Insectarium), [Bangkok, Thailand](/source/Bangkok%2C_Thailand)
* [https://www.entopia.com/ Entopia (formerly Penang Butterfly Farm)],(Penang, Malaysia)
* [Gunma Insect World](/source/Gunma_Insect_World), [Kiryū, Gunma](/source/Kiry%C5%AB%2C_Gunma), [Japan](/source/Japan)
* [Insect Science Museum](/source/Insect_Science_Museum), [Taipei](/source/Taipei), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)

=== Australia ===

* [http://www.insectarium.org/ Insectarium of Victoria], (Victoria, Australia)

=== Europe ===

* [http://www.insektariumas.lt/ Insektariumas] (Lithuania, Palanga)
* [Stratford Butterfly Farm](/source/Stratford_Butterfly_Farm), [Stratford-upon-Avon](/source/Stratford-upon-Avon), England
* [Esapolis](/source/%3Ait%3AEsapolis), The largest insectarium in the province of Padova, [Padova, Italy](/source/Padova%2C_Italy)

=== North America ===

==== Canada ====
* [Montreal Insectarium](/source/Montreal_Insectarium), [Montréal](/source/Montr%C3%A9al)
* [Newfoundland Insectarium](/source/Newfoundland_Insectarium), [Reidville, NL](/source/Reidville%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador)
* [Victoria Bug Zoo](/source/Victoria_Bug_Zoo), [Victoria, BC](/source/Victoria%2C_BC)
* [Victoria Butterfly Gardens](/source/Victoria_Butterfly_Gardens), [Victoria, BC](/source/Victoria%2C_BC)

==== United States ====
* [Audubon Insectarium](/source/Audubon_Insectarium), [New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans%2C_Louisiana)

* [http://lifeandscience.org/explore/insectarium Bayer Insectarium] at the [https://www.lifeandscience.org/ Museum of Life and Science], [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina)
* [Bohart Museum of Entomology](/source/Bohart_Museum_of_Entomology), [Davis, California](/source/Davis%2C_California)
* [Butterfly Pavilion](/source/Butterfly_Pavilion), [Westminster, Colorado](/source/Westminster%2C_Colorado) [https://butterflies.org/]
*[Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden](/source/Cincinnati_Zoo_and_Botanical_Garden), World of the Insect, [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati%2C_Ohio)
* [http://www.museumofplay.org/exhibits/dancing-wings-butterfly-garden Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden], [Strong National Museum of Play](/source/Strong_National_Museum_of_Play), [Rochester, New York](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York)
* [Henry Doorly Zoo](/source/Henry_Doorly_Zoo), Butterfly and Insect Pavilion, [Omaha, Nebraska](/source/Omaha%2C_Nebraska)
* [Houston Museum of Natural Science](/source/Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science), Brown Hall of Entomology, [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas)
* Insect Adventure, Stillwater, Oklahoma
* [https://www.thanksgivingpoint.org/experience/butterfly-biosphere/ Butterfly Biosphere] Thanksgiving Point, [Lehi, Utah](/source/Lehi%2C_Utah) 
* [The Insectarium](/source/Insectarium_(Philadelphia)), [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania)
* [Monsanto Insectarium](/source/St._Louis_Zoo), [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri)
* [O. Orkin Insect Zoo](/source/National_Museum_of_Natural_History), [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)
* [Ralph M. Parsons Discovery Center and Insect Zoo](/source/Natural_History_Museum_of_Los_Angeles_County), [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California)
* [InsectZoo](/source/San_Francisco_Zoo), [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California)
* [Detroit Zoo](/source/Detroit_Zoo), Wildlife interpretive gallery (aviary, and butterfly garden), [Detroit](/source/Detroit), 
* [Portland Insectarium](/source/Portland_Insectarium), [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon)
* [Long Island Aquarium](/source/Long_Island_Aquarium), [Riverhead, New York](/source/Riverhead%2C_New_York)

==See also==
*[Formicarium](/source/Formicarium)

==References==
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{{Commons category|Insectariums}}

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