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The Museum has a long association with developing and producing permanent, temporary and travelling exhibitions, including international blockbusters such as Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family.

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OVERVIEW “Spiders is a face to face interactive encounter with over 400 real spider specimens, live exhibits and rigourous contemporary science. This combination of immersion and information showcases the latest Spider science that allows the visitor an up close glimpse into the fascinating world of spiders.”

Steven Alderton Director and Chief Curator, Spiders Exhibition.

Director: Programs, Exhibitions and Cultural Collections Australian Museum

FEATURES - LIVE EXHIBITS - 400 SPECIMENS - WORLD LEADING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA - CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE - LOCALISED CONTENT - ENGAGING THEMES

EXHIBITION FEATURES

WORLD’S MOST VENOMOUS SPIDERS DISPLAY

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Live display on the world’s most venomous spiders capable of causing serious harm to humans. Live specimens will feature alongside detailed information.

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VENOM LAB Live venom milking demonstrations

DOME WEB SPIDER VIEWING SPHERE Be completely surrounded by live Dome-Web Spiders and their impressive webs.

LIVE EXHIBITS

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EXHIBITION FEATURES

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400 SPECIMENS Come face to face with some of the world’s most deadly, colourful and fascinating real live spiders and their webs.

Get closer than ever to hundreds of immaculately presented dried spider specimens and a wall full of spiders in jars.

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1. AUSTRALIAN FUNNEL-WEB Atrax robustus At least four species have caused life-threatening symptoms or death.

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4. BLACK WIDOW SPIDER Latrodectus mactans Painful bite that can sometimes kill.

2. BRAZILIAN WANDERING SPIDER Phoneutria nigriventer May be the most venomous of all spiders.

5. REDBACK SPIDER Latrodectus hasseltii Related to the Black Widow but with a ragged gash of red.

3. BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER Loxosceles reclusa Sometimes causes severe necrosis and kidney failure.

6. MOUSE SPIDER Missulena occatoria Can cause symptoms similar to Australian Funnel-web Spider bites.

EXHIBITION FEATURES

WORLD LEADING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA Multimedia interactives engineered with the latest augmented reality technology create full body experiences.

Enter the world of a cave spider, walk through hundreds of spiders and design your own spider and watch it come to life on an enormous screen.

FOREST FLOOR AUGMENTED REALITY Visitors will be lured to the glow of a nature trail projected on the floor. Once on the track, the ground will come alive with hundreds of augmented reality spiders reacting to every step.

EXHIBITION FEATURES

Cave Spider with egg sack

VIRTUAL CAVE SPIDER AUGMENTED REALITY Enter into the rarely seen world of the cave spider. View their mysterious habitat and behaviour by virtual flashlight.

As your shadow is cast on the cave wall, interact with web weaving spiders.

The real habitat of the cave spider

CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE The latest discoveries relating to spiders, spider behaviour, silk and venom are explained with;

- TEXT PANELS

- AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES

- AUDIO VISUAL DISPLAYS

- INTERACTIVES MODELS AND DIORAMAS.

- VENOM EXTRACTION DEMONSTRATIONS

Research highlights include:

PETER GORHAM, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

DR MY HEDHAMMAR, SPIBER TECHNOLOGIES, SWEDEN

Researching how spiders use static

Replicating spider silk for use in

electricity in the atmosphere to “fly”.

heart surgery.

DR ROBERT RAVEN, QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

DR AMBER BEAVIS, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

Discovering new Australian Tarantula

Researching the maternal and social

species including the most dense Tarantula

behavior of the world’s only communal

population in the world.

Huntsman Spider.

DR MIKE GRAY, AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM Debunking the White Tail Spider bite myth and skin necrosis.

EXHIBITION THEMES WHAT IS A SPIDER

SPIDER REPRODUCTION

The visitor to Spiders is dared to enter

Stunning world first footage of the

into the world of hunting, burrowing and

phenomenal 3mm long Peacock Spider and

weaving spiders and learn the origin of

his mating ritual introduce the visitor to the

arachnids from a time before dinosaurs.

dangerous world of spider reproduction.

This is illustrated with fossils and amber from the Australian Museum collection.

SPIDER DIVERSITY & DISTRIBUTION

SPIDER SURVIVAL Just how these creatures have survived millions of years all over the world is unveiled through an explanation of venom,

The diversity of spiders is a major theme of

silk, movement, vision and vibrations. This

the exhibition and a family tree illustrated

content involves hands-on interactives,

with real spider specimens begins the

models and live deadly Funnel-web and

journey into understanding some of the

Redback Spider specimens.

48,000 + species from around the world.

3D scanning technology has created an interactive touchscreen which demonstrates spider anatomy as visitors virtually dissect and view the inside of spiders.

Spiders inhabit just about every corner of the globe and the range of habitats can be explored though touchscreens with audio visual content and interactive spider environments.

SPIDER SCIENCE DISCOVERIES There is a constant stream of new science discoveries in the field of arachnology and venom and silk technologies that are highlighted in the exhibition with interviews with scientists and live venom milking demonstrations. Traditional Aboriginal knowledge systems are also included to add to our understanding of spiders, silk and

This is a view of the spigots on the spinnerets of an ant-eating spider Euryopis sp.

The spider throws copious silk (from the large slot-like spigots) over an ant’s head, then runs around to tangle its legs in more silk before biting. These special spigots are typical of spiders in the Family Theridiidae, which includes the Redback Spider.

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SILK

Spigots model

Lightbox display of Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of spinnerets

Producing silk (and venom) throughout their lives is the secret to spiders’ impact as the world’s most successful non-human predators.

Silk-making insects (like caterpillars, webspinners and weaver ants) produce only one simple type of silk from glands in their mouthparts or feet. However, spiders produce a number of types of silk proteins and have highly complex spinning organs called

ORB WEB-WEAVER’S

SILK & SILK GLANDS

spinnerets on the abdomen. Spiders typically have two or three spinneret pairs, made up of many microscopic spigots. Some have a spinning plate, called a cribellum.

Silk protein, in a liquid form, leaves the glands through long ducts and out the body through the spigots. Each spigot has

Capture spiral silk

SILK

Cylindrical gland Egg sac silk

Creates silk that makes the tough, insulating cover around egg sacs.

Aciniform gland

Silk-making insects (like caterpillars, webspinners and weaver ants) produce only one simple type of silk from glands in their mouthparts or feet. However, spiders produce a number of types of silk proteins and have highly complex spinning organs called spinnerets on the abdomen. Spiders typically have two or three spinneret pairs, made up of many microscopic spigots. Some have a spinning plate, called a cribellum.

Creates silk that forms a soft inner lining within the egg sac and silk that wraps up prey.

Auxillary spiral silk

Silk protein, in a liquid form, leaves the glands through long ducts and out the body through the spigots. Each spigot has a valve that controls the thickness of the silk filament. The protein molecules are stretched and link together to form long strands. The spinnerets combine the strands together to form the sturdy silk fibre.

Structural silk This is a view of the spigots on the spinnerets of an ant-eating spider Euryopis sp.

The spider throws copious silk (from the large slot-like spigots) over an ant’s head, then runs around to tangle its legs in more silk before biting. These special spigots are typical of spiders in the Family Theridiidae, which includes the Redback Spider.

TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT

Trapdoor Spider

Flower Spider

BOTTOM ROW LEFT TO RIGHT

Garden Orb-weaving Spider

Cataxia pulleinei has two pairs of spinnerets.

Most of the long, slender spigots look similar.

HUNTER

Sidymella rubrosignata (shown sideways) has three pairs of spinnerets.

Spigots for different silks look different.

Eriophora sp. has three pairs of spinnerets and a small protrusion called a colulus.

Several kinds of silk are produced from spigots of different shapes and sizes.

Attachment silk

Sheet Web-weaving Spider Taurongia punctata has three pairs of spinnerets and a cribellum. The cribellum is a spinning plate covered in tiny spigots.

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fibres of the capture spiral.

Creates silk that forms gluey, highly adhesive droplets on the capture spiral.

Producing silk (and venom) throughout their lives is the secret to spiders’ impact as the world’s most successful non-human predators.

a valve that controls the thickness of the silk filament. The protein molecules are stretched and link together to form long strands. The spinnerets combine the strands together to form the sturdy silk fibre.

Flagelliform gland Creates silk that forms the structural

Aggregate gland

Original Silk subtheme display as seen in the exhibition

Minor ampullate gland Creates silk that forms the auxillary spiral, which is a guide for making the capture spiral.

Major ampullate gland Creates silk that forms the dragline and structure of the web.

Pyriform gland Creates silk that cements joints and attachments.

DISPLAY EXAMPLE Scientifically rigorous information is disseminated through text panels; info-graphics; diagrams; large scale models; video content; photographic images and electron microscope scans.

ORB WEB-WEAVER’S

SILK & SILK GLANDS Capture spiral silk

Flagelliform gland Creates silk that forms the structural fibres of the capture spiral.

Aggregate gland Creates silk that forms gluey, highly adhesive droplets on the capture spiral.

Cylindrical gland Egg sac silk

Creates silk that makes the tough, insulating cover around egg sacs.

Aciniform gland Creates silk that forms a soft inner lining within the egg sac and silk that wraps up prey.

Auxillary spiral silk

Minor ampullate gland Creates silk that forms the auxillary spiral, which is a guide for making the capture spiral.

Structural silk

Major ampullate gland Creates silk that forms the dragline and structure of the web.

Attachment silk

Pyriform gland Creates silk that cements joints and attachments.

Types of silk digram

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REVISION

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MERCHANDISE The product range was derived from a combination of historically successful products and products that connect well with the theme and message of the Exhibition. Aiming our range at a family market we were guided by the concepts of education, engagement and the overall goal of encouraging understanding of Australian spiders, without fear.

Alive Deadly Spider milking assistant VENOM LAB

SPECIFICATIONS VENUE GALLERY SIZE

VENUE CEILING HEIGHT

7, 000 – 10, 000 sq ft

16 ft recommended

CONSERVATION AND SECURITY

Moderate

STANDARD RENTAL LENGTH

3 months

INSTALL AND DE-INSTALL TIME

FREIGHT

10 working days for each Exhibition travels in 3 x 40ft shipping containers. Crates require storage

CONTACT Jay Brown Managing Director Flying Fish P: +61 (0)400 728 865 E: info@flyingfishexhibits.com

Steven Alderton Director and Chief Curator, Spiders Exhibition.

Director: Programs, Exhibitions and Cultural Collections Australian Museum E: steven.alderton@austmus.gov.au

Exhibition developed and produced by the Australian Museum and toured by Flying Fish

SEM of a Flower Spider