"Bevarandeparken Nordens ark in Bohuslän, sweden has got its first spider to take care of. It is a påfågeltarantella, which hope to contribute to the critically endangered species survives."
"Påfågeltarantellans natural habitat is an area of southern India where it lives in burrows in the tall trees. Survival of the species is threatened by both logging and the trade in exotic animals. The female now come to Nordens ark will eventually be joined by at least one male. The goal is that the new spiders should be able to be put out in India."
"the Species has received the name of its beautiful blue color. Påfågeltarantellan are quite large, up to 20 centimeters, and has a poison which, however, does not kill people. The diet consists mostly of flying insects, which are caught in the funnel-shaped net."