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The Butterfly Pavilion was the nation's first stand-alone non-profit insect zoo. In its exhibits visitors see and interact with live invertebrates from around the globe.

The number of insect species is estimated at between six and ten million. Insects represent more than half of all known living organisms and potentially represent over 90% of the differing life forms on Earth. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species occur in the oceans.

American Cockroach	Blue Death Feigning Beetle
Cactus Longhorn Beetle	Darkling Beetle
Giant South American Cockroach	Giant Toe Biter Bug
Hercules Beetle	Honey Bee
Leaf Insect Walkingstick	MacLeay's Specter Walkingstick
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach	Pink Wing Walkingstick
Plains Lubber Grasshopper	Rainbow Dung Beetle
Thorny Devil Walkingstick	Velvet Ant
Vietnamese Walkingstick	White Eyed Assassin Bugs

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If it creeps, crawls, slithers, flies, wiggles or squirms, chances are you'll find it here. Come for the butterflies, then stay for the spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, horseshoe crabs, sea stars, and walking sticks. Love to learn? We also offer youth education programming, volunteer opportunities and lifelong learning. Only 15 minutes from downtown Denver. Butterflies are just the beginning.

6252 West 104th Ave. Westminster, CO 80020 • Map it • Hours

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