We dare you to crawl inside our brand-new Bug Box this Halloween!
- Thursday 10th October 2024
- Bug Box, Wildlife
Get ready for a spooktacular journey through the Bug Box, where guests will get to both meet, and uncover mind-blowing facts about our fascinating invertebrates.

Dare to be brave? Come face-to-face with a thrilling array of creepy crawlers, including the Giant Cockroach, the Monster Mantid and many more! WILD LIFE keeper experts will also be on site to provide a keeper talk at 11am and to share their creepy-crawly wisdom.
Don’t forget to pick up a free bug mask upon arrival as the perfect accessory for your adventure and crawl inside WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo this Halloween!
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Spotlight on the latest arrivals:
Detachable penis spider (Nephilengys papuana)
Meet one of the world’s most peculiar arachnids. During mating, the males break off a pedipalp (one of their specialised 'feeler' appendages used for mating) and leave it locked into the female. This prevents other males mating with her.
Green-bellied huntsman spider (Typostola barbata)
One of Australia’s largest spiders with its striking emerald abdomen, this spider is as beautiful as it is stealthy. Extremely fast huntsman can run sideways and slip into narrow crevices. Their bodies are covered in fine sensory hairs which are extremely sensitive to air movement, assisting them in detecting the movement of prey and the approach of predators.
Giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros)
Not the yucky kitchen variety! These native ‘body builders’ of the cockroach world are big softies. Hailing from North Queensland, the species earns its title as the ‘world’s heaviest cockroach,’ by weighing in at up to a hefty, 30 grams.
Flinders Ranges scorpion (Urodacus elongatus)
One of Australia's largest and longest-living scorpion species. The exoskeleton of scorpions fluoresces bright green under ultraviolet (UV) light.
Learn more about some of the bug species we have in the Bug Box here