Invertebrates & Aquatic Ambassadors

Terrestrial Invertebrates

Resources

Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group
- TAG Chair: Erin Sullivan, Woodland Park Zoo
- Erin.Sullivan@zoo.org
Invertebrate Acquisitions (Vendor Recommendations) from the AZA community (updated regularly)

Arachnids

Scorpions

Asian Forest Scorpion Hetterometrus spinifer
Bark Scorpion
Desert Hairy Scorpion
Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator
Tailless Whip Scorpion Amblypygi sp.
Vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus

Other Spiders

Black Widow Spider
Giant Crab Spider
Desertas Wolf Spiders

Tarantulas

Brazilian Black Tarantula Grammostola pulchra
Chaco Golden Knee Tarantula Grammostola pulchripes
Chilean Rose Tarantula
Costa Rican Zebra Leg Tarantula
Curly Hair Tarantula curly Brachypelma albopilosum)
Desert Blond Tarantula
Goliath Bird-eating Spider
Golden Baboon Spider
Greenbottle blue tarantula
Mexican Golden Red Rump
Mexican Red Kneed Tarantula
Oklahoma or Brown tarantula Aphonopelma hentzi
Pinktoe Tarantulas (Avicularia spp.)
Stout-legged Baboon
Texas Tan Tarantula
Pink Toe Tarantulas Avicularia spp.

Insects

Beetles

Bess Beetle
Blue Death-feigning Beetle Asbolus verrucosus
Elephant Beetles
Longhorn Cactus Beetle
Patent leather beetles (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
Sunburst Diving Beetle

Walking Sticks

Arizona Walking Stick
Australian Walking Stick
Indian Walking Stick Carausius morosus
Northern Two-striped Walking Stick
Vietnamese Walking Stick
MacLeay’s Spectres Extatosoma tiaratum

Roaches

Other Insects

Giant Water Bug
Lubber Grasshopper
Milkweed Bug
Ghost mantis
Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa
Silkworm
Tobacco Hornworm

Millipedes & Centipedes

Millipedes

African Giant Millipede Archispirostreptus gigas
Desert Millipede
Olive millipedes Spirostreptus brachycerus

Centipedes

Giant Desert Centipede

Other

Land Hermit Crab
Pillbug
Giant African Land Snails Achatina fulica

Aquatic Ambassadors

Fish

African Cichlid
Walking Batfish

Invertebrates

Land Hermit Crab
Horseshoe Crab
Anemone
Sea star
Urchin
Abalone