Having opened in 2000 and designed by David Mason & Associates with a cost of $4 million, this 9,000 square feet (840 m2) facility houses educational exhibits and an active breeding and research facility.

It also includes a window to the exhibits area and two-way communications so visitors may watch entomologists work and ask them questions.

The facility even includes a geodesic flight dome cage, which is home to numerous rainforest flowers and butterfly species.

The insectarium includes a tropical garden and pollinarium.

The gallery (below) illustrates a few specimens from the pollinarium's collection.