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Milwaukee Public Museum Spiders Alive! Species List

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  1. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Milwaukee Public Museum currently has a temporary exhibit called "Spiders Alive!", which exhibits live spiders and other arachnids. It will be there until January 12 2020. Here is a list of species exhibited there:

    Date of visit: December 21 2019

    Species not seen in italics

    1. Brazilian Red & White Tarantula (Nhandu chromatus)
    2. Metallica Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)
    3. Indian Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria regalis)
    4. Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria)
    5. Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arazonensis)
    6. Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arazonensis)
    7. Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arazonensis)
    8. Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arazonensis)
    9. Giant Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
    10. Tailless Whip Scorpion (Damon variegatus)
    11. Wolf Spider (Hogna antelucana)
    12. unidentified fishing spider
    13. Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
    14. Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
    15. Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
    16. Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
    17. unidentified funnel-web grass spider
    18. Southern House Spider (Kukulcania hibernalis)
    19. Goliath Bird Eater (Theraphosa blondi)
    20. Mexican Red Knee (Brachypelma smithi)
    21. Golden Orb-Web Spider (Nephila pilipes)
    22. Regal Jumping Spider (Phidippus regius)

    Other stuff in this exhibit:
    -Over 200 specimens preserved in alcohol
    -Preserved webs
    -A spider in amber
    -A spider fossil
     
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    geomorph Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    Sounds nice, we’re any of the exhibits larger than a small terrarium?
     
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    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    The orb weaver, but not any of the others.
     
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    I’ve never seen a Metallica tarantula before, was it a nice bright blue?
     
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    It was a blue-gray color. I was kind of disappointed by that.
     
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