opened its doors on 24 June 2021 at the Natural History Museum in Split, Croatia. You were able to see the wonderful world of spiders and scorpions until 31 October 2021.
In the Natural History Museum, in addition to exhibits and educational posters, there was also an exhibition with 77 species of live spiders and scorpions, in beautifully designed and equipped terrariums. Among them you can also find the infamous black widows from different parts of the world and the most VENOMOUS species of scorpions.
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Location
Split, CroatiaNatural History Museum and Zoo Split
Exhibition duration
24. 6. 2021 – 31.10. 2021
Description of the exhibition
A large exhibition of spiders and scorpions coming from the private collection of Sašo Čotar opened its doors on 24 June 2021 at the Natural History Museum in Split. The museum had its doors open to visitors until October 31, 2021.The exhibition at the museum featured 77 different species of spiders from all over the world, from America, Africa, Europe, Asia to Australia. There was no shortage of bird spiders, black widows and scorpions. Geographically and color-diverse species of many bird spiders were exhibited, including the largest species of spiders in the world. Also on display were extremely interesting dwarf species of bird spiders and many different species of black widows from different parts of the world. Among them is the Australian Black Widow, one of the three deadliest spiders in the world.The spiders were also accompanied by scorpions, so there was no shortage of the largest and not the most poisonous, as it was possible to see the five most poisonous species in the world.Visitors were able to get acquainted with the general characteristics of these animals through educational posters, and each terrarium was also equipped with information on the specific characteristics of each species.
