● Boulder County, Colorado Bugs make
Bugs make
better classrooms.
Elytra Education brings live arthropod ambassadors, hands-on stations, and entomology lessons to schools, libraries, and community spaces — built around what your group is already learning.
Maia · Founder & Entomologist
11 yrs
Teaching entomology
20+
Live arthropod ambassadors
2–99
Ages we visit
45 min
Standard visit
Programs For every age, ability,
For every age, ability,
and curriculum.
Each visit is shaped to your group. Mix and match — additional sessions at the same location on the same day are discounted.
Meet the team Live guests from
Live guests from
our zoo-seum.
Every visit features hand-picked living arthropods. Here are the regulars who'd love to meet your students.
AmbassadorPersimmon,
Persimmon,
the Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula.
Grammostola pulchripes
Native to the grasslands of Argentina and Paraguay, Persimmon loves to stay close to the ground. Between 7 and 10 years old, she enjoys unwinding with a nice cockroach at the end of a hard week of meeting kids.
Cockroaches
Argentina · Paraguay
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