▁he ▁came ▁across ▁with ▁deep ▁interest . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁after ▁having ▁collected ▁over ▁ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁spec im ens , ▁he ▁solic ited ▁the ▁then ▁mayor ▁of ▁Montreal , ▁Jean ▁Dor é , ▁to ▁open ▁an ▁insect arium . ▁He ▁and ▁Pierre ▁Bour que , ▁then ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Botan ical ▁Gard ens , ▁began ▁a ▁partners hip ▁to ▁govern ▁and ▁operate ▁the ▁Montreal ▁In sect arium . ▁B ross ard ▁has ▁founded ▁four ▁other ▁insect ari ums ▁across ▁the ▁glo be , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁located ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁Shang hai ▁and ▁South ▁Africa . ▁Since ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁Montreal ▁In sect arium , ▁his ▁collection , ▁which ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁am ass ▁through ▁his ▁travel s , ▁has ▁grown ▁to ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁spec im ens . ▁ ▁B ross ard ▁wrote ▁and ▁directed ▁ 2 0 ▁episodes ▁of ▁M ém oires ▁d ' in sect es ▁(" In sect ▁Di aries "), ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁cre ator ▁and ▁host ▁of ▁the ▁tele vised ▁series ▁In sect ia . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁c of ound er ▁and ▁cop res ident ▁of ▁Montreal ' s ▁Cin éma ▁I MAX ▁les ▁A iles . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁fiction ▁film ▁Le ▁Pap illon ▁Ble u ▁( The ▁Blue ▁But ter fly ) ▁directed ▁by ▁Lé a ▁Pool , ▁based ▁on ▁an ▁event ▁in ▁B