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Featured Event

Spider City

Experience the amazing world of spiders at the Zoo, through April 27, 2008!

Brazilian White Knee SpiderOver 25 species of spiders will weave their webs in Spider City, the Zoo's newest temporary exhibit located in the former koala house. Explore the city and decide for yourself if spiders are heroes or villains.


Enter into a city that normally goes unnoticed…
It’s a city filled with spiders… Spider City!
In Spider City unseen forces are at work…
Mysterious super powered creatures
are never far from you
Some call them heroes, some call them villains— by the end of your visit, you’ll decide!

   
Please help us welcome the following special guests to the Zoo:
  • Cobalt Blue Tarantula
  • Brazilian Red and White
  • Mexican Orange Knee
  • Wolf Spider
  • Florida Orb Weaver
  • King Baboon
  • Venezuelan Red Stripe
  • Indian Ornamental
  • Jumping Spider
  • Brazilian Whiteknee
  • Columbian Giant Redleg
  • Common Funnel Web
  • Pinktoe Tarantula
  • So. House Spider
  • Giant Crab
  • Black Tarantula
  • Goliath Birdeater
  • Salmon Pink Birdeater
  • False Widow
  • Cellar Spiders
  • Calfornia Ebony Tarantula
  • Violin Spider
  • Florida Brown Widow
  • Brown Recluse
  • Black Widow
  • Chilean Rosehair

Fast Fact: Three feet! No matter where you are in the world, that’s how far you are from a spider. This is true, even for a city the size of Los Angeles. The spiders of LA are as fascinating and diverse as the people.

Spider City Comic Book

 

Watch the Spider City Promo: English | En Español

Spider City: Stranded in the City
Click on the cover to read this comic!

 

 

Spider City is sponsored by:
Ralphs
104.3 KBIG
Cumulus
Pepsi
KHTS