insectary

[ in-sek-ter-ee ]

noun

, plural in·sec·tar·ies.

1. a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of insectary¹

1885–90; variant of insectarium; -ary

Example Sentences

The lab has its own insectary, Corley remarked, which hatches mosquitoes to study the transmission of arboviruses, including Zika, dengue and West Nile.

From New York Times

Because James didn’t work with the malaria parasite itself — he outsourced that part of the research to a containment facility in San Diego — the insectary itself was comparatively low-security, but it still had multiple doors, rooms designed to have negative pressure and an industrial-strength plastic curtain of the kind you see on loading docks.

From New York Times

At my request, James led me down to the insectary where his lab at U.C.

From New York Times

After a walking tour that wound through the cactus and euphorbia garden and the insectary garden, guests spilled onto the expansive main lawn dotted with conical fabric tents that resembled traditional Japanese lanterns.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m at the University of Lincoln in eastern England, inside an insectary, a room lined with tanks and jars containing plastic plants and dozing insects.

From Scientific American