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Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Entomology

Specimen Records: 143,765
Media Records: 6,499
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2026-04-23

Worldwide in scope though with a focus on the American West, the Entomology collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science comprises over 1,000,000 specimens and specimen lots with Coleoptera (750,000+ specimens) and Lepidoptera (130,000+ specimens) as primary foci. The holdings include at least 18 primary types and 150 paratypes, and dates of collection span from 1878 to the present. The dung beetle collection is the largest in the United States, and our scarab holdings are particularly strong in African as well as regional material. The Colorado Scarab Survey and the Colorado Microlepidoptera Survey, both long-term projects initiated and conducted by DMNS, have significantly grown our regional holdings and our knowledge of the Colorado fauna. The collection is housed in the Avenir Collections Center - an onsite state-of-the-art museum collections facility.

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EmailGarth.Spellman@dmns.org
Name Garth Spellman
RoleDirector of Zoology & Health Sciences
EmailGarth.Spellman@dmns.org
Name Andrew Doll
RoleZoology & Health Science Collection Manager
Emailandrew.doll@dmns.org
Name Garth Spellman
RoleDirector of Zoology & Health Sciences
EmailGarth.Spellman@dmns.org
Name Andrew Doll
RoleZoology & Health Science Collection Manager
Emailandrew.doll@dmns.org
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