Member News: Wellington Zoo breeds Goliath birdeater tarantulas

Species360 member Wellington Zoo has become the first zoo in 20 years to successfully breed Goliath bird-eating tarantulas — and the first ever in Australasia!

The Goliath tarantula, which can have a leg span up to 30cm – about the size of a dinner plate – are the largest species of arachnid in the world.

“…The zoo’s team leader of reptiles and invertebrates, Dave Laux, says that according to the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), a global network of zoo records, no other zoo has recorded breeding the spiders in the past two decades. Read more from the New Zealand Herald.

Wellington Zoo has become the first zoo in 20 years to successfully breed Goliath bird-eating tarantulas.

Congratulations Species360 member Wellington Zoo!

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