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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.



Get eye-to-eye with tarantulas, leaf insects, scorpions, beetles, giant millipedes, and many more. You can even hold Rosie, our friendly Chilean Rose Hair tarantula!

What is an arthropod?

Arthropods comprise 80% of all invertebrate animals. They have hard exoskeletons, segmented bodies and jointed legs and include spiders, insects, millipedes, centipedes, horseshoe crabs and crustaceans.

In the Crawl-A-See-Em you can observe and learn about over 35 different species of arthropods!

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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.

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