Arthropod
Giant African Millipede
COMMON NAME: Giant African Millipede
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Archispirostreptus gigas
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Detritivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 7 yrs
SIZE: 12 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: When threatened, this millipede can coil itself into a tight spiral. It can also secrete hydrogen cyanide from each body segment that smells and tastes foul to potential predators.
Giant Spiny Stick Insect
COMMON NAME: Giant Spiny Stick Insect
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eurycantha calcarata
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Herbivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 12 - 18 yrs
SIZE: 4 - 6 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: Giant spiny stick males have huge spines on their back legs. Males can secrete a foul odor to ward off predators.
Goliath Bird-Eating Tarantula
COMMON NAME: Goliath Bird-Eating Tarantula
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Theraphosa blondi
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: Males: 3 – 6 yrs, Females: 20 yrs
SIZE: 12 in
WEIGHT: 6 oz
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: This big-bodied tarantula is the second largest spider in the world. Though it rarely eats birds, it will eat rodents, snakes, bats, and lizards as well as the insects, which make up most of its diet.
Jungle Nymph
COMMON NAME: Jungle Nymph
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Heteropteryx dilatata
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Herbivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 2 yrs
SIZE: Male: 4 in, Female: 9 ½ in
WEIGHT: 1 ¾ oz
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: Pet trade
FUN FACT: In Malaysia, they are often kept by people who feed them guava leaves and use the droppings to make tea.
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
COMMON NAME: Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gromphadorhina portentosa
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Omnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 2 - 3 yrs
SIZE: 1 ½ to 3 in
WEIGHT: 24 gm
STATUS: Stable
THREATS: Habitat loss
FUN FACT: Each Madagascar Hissing Cockroach has its own characteristic sound, and the cockroaches can distinguish between each other's hisses.
Millipede
COMMON NAME: Millipede
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Orthoporus texicolens
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Detritivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 10 yrs
SIZE: 5 - 6 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: This species may aestivate up to eight months through the dry season.
Peppered Cockroach
COMMON NAME: Peppered Cockroach
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Archimandrita tesselata
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Omnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 2 yrs
SIZE: 3 - 4 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: These cockroaches are closely related to the first winged insects that lived in the Carboniferous coal forests about 200 million years ago.
Sabah Thorny Stick Insect
COMMON NAME: Sabah Thorny Stick Insect
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aretaon asperrimus
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Herbivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 9 mths to 1 ½ yrs
SIZE: Male: 2 in, Female: 3 – 3 ½ in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: Along with a repulsive scent, these insects will make a slight ‘croaking’ noise with their mandibles when disturbed.
Striped Bark Scorpion
COMMON NAME: Striped Bark Scorpion
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Centruroides vittatus
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 3 - 8 yrs
SIZE: 2 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: The scorpion is a nocturnal hunter and uses its senses of touch and smell. Chemical receptor organs on their undersides brush the ground as they walk, helping them track prey.
Red-Kneed Tarantula
COMMON NAME: Red-Kneed Tarantula
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Brachypelma smithii
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: Males: 7 - 10 yrs; Females: 25 yrs
SIZE: Length - 4 ½ - 5 in; Legs: 5 - 7 in
WEIGHT: 27 - 86 gms
STATUS: Threatened
THREATS: Lizards, snakes, spider-eating birds, and the pet trade.
FUN FACT: They can smell and taste with their feet.
Texas Brown Tarantula
COMMON NAME: Texas Brown Tarantula
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Aphonopelma hentzi
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: Male: 2 - 3 yrs; Females: 30 yrs
SIZE: 4 in
WEIGHT: 3 oz
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: One of the most common species of tarantula in the Southern U.S. today. Also called “Oklahoma” or “Missouri” Brown Tarantula in those states.
Two-spotted Assassin Bug

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COMMON NAME: Two-spotted Assassin Bug
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Platymeris biguttata
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 2 yrs
SIZE: 1 in
WEIGHT: 3 oz
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: These large assassin bugs are voracious predators that sneak up on their prey and use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to inject a variety of digestive enzymes.
Two-striped Walking Stick
COMMON NAME: Two-striped Walking Stick
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Anisomorpha buprestoides
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Herbivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 1 yr
SIZE: 1 ½ - 2 ½ in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: The Two-striped Walking Stick can accurately squirt a strong-smelling defensive spray 12 to 15 inches that are painfully irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.
Vietnamese Centipede
COMMON NAME: Vietnamese Centipede
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Scolopendra subspinipes
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 2 yrs
SIZE: 4 - 8 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: Bites from this centipede are very painful and may cause severe swelling, weakness, or fever.
Vietnamese Walking Stick
COMMON NAME: Vietnamese Walking Stick
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Baculum extradentatum
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Herbivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: 5 - 7 mths
SIZE: 4 - 5 in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: Walking sticks can reproduce through parthenogenesis, meaning males are not needed to reproduce.
Vinegaroon
COMMON NAME: Vinegaroon
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mastigoproctus giganteus
TYPE: Invertebrate
DIET: Carnivore
GROUP NAME: -
LIFESPAN: Males: 10 yrs; Females: 20 yrs
SIZE: 1 ½ - 2 ½ in
WEIGHT: -
STATUS: Not Listed
THREATS: None
FUN FACT: Vinegaroons can spray a mist of an 85% concentrated acetic acid or vinegar up to a foot in distance. This is not dangerous to the skin but stings severely if it gets into an animal's eyes or nostrils giving the vinegaroon a chance to escape.