Invertebrates On Our Web Site

These are just some of the invertebrates you may find at the Saint Louis Zoo: Centipedes Giant Centipede Crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, woodlice) Wood Louse Insects Ants, Bees, Wasps Bullet Ant Carpenter Bee Honey Pot Ant Honeybee Leaf Cutter Ant Velvet Ant Grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, roaches, mantises, stick insects American Cockroach Cave Cricket Costa Rican Katydid Cricket False Katydid Flower Mantis German Cockroach Giant Cockroach Giant Prickly Stick Giant Spiny Stick Hissing Cockroach Javanese Leaf Insect Lubber Grasshopper Malagasy Blue-spot Mantis Malaysian Walkingstick Mole Cricket Northern Walkingstick Orchid Mantis Peruvian Firestick Praying Mantis Vietnamese Walkingstick Beetles African Jewel Beetle American Burying Beetle American Carrion Beetle Arizona Jewel Beetle Atlas Beetle Bess Beetle Cactus Longhorn Beetle Confused Flour Beetle Darkling Beetle Dogbane Leaf Beetle Eastern Hercules Beetle Fiery Searcher Flamboyant Flower Beetle Giant High Plains Tiger Beetle Giant Water Scavenger Beetle Green Metallic Scarab Beetle Hide Beetle Jade-headed Beetle Ladybug Beetle Margined Burying Beetle Pedunculate Ground Beetle Sunburst Diving Beetle Tumblebug Whirligig Beetle Butterflies and Moths Blue Morpho Silkworm Cicadas, Cochineal Insects, Aphids Cochineal Insect Scale Insect Termites Termite True Bugs Backswimmer Ferocious Water Bug Milkweed Bug Red Spot Assassin Bug Water Scorpion True Flies House Fly Millipedes Desert Millipede Giant African Millipede Missouri Millipede Snails, Slugs, Octopuses Apple Snail Banana Slug Partula Snail Spiders and Scorpions Bark Scorpion Black and Yellow Argiope Spider Black Widow Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula Brown Recluse Spider Brown Widow Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula Cobalt Blue Tarantula Desert Hairy Scorpion Devil Stripe-tailed Scorpion Egyptian Fat-tailed Scorpion Emperor Scorpion Golden Silk Spider Green Lynx Spider House Spider Indian Ornamental Tarantula Long-bodied Cellar Spider Madagascar Orb-weaving Spider Missouri Tarantula Nursery Web Spider Peruvian Pink-toe Tarantula Red-kneed Tarantula Silver Argiope South African Flat Rock Scorpion Spiny Orb-weaving Spider Sri Lankan Ornamental Tarantula Stripe-kneed Tarantula Tailless Whip Scorpion Texas Gold Tarantula Trapdoor Spider Whip Scorpion Worms, Leeches Earthworm Featherduster Worm Medicinal Leech

Invertebrates at Our Zoo

Take a walk among the butterflies. Marvel at the glow-in-the-dark scorpions. These are just a few of the invertebrates you'll see at the Saint Louis Zoo.

You'll find more than 100 species of insects, spiders, centipedes, and other spineless wonders in the Insectarium.

Check out our fun Zoo programs!