Famous spider Rosie the Chilean rose hair tarantula can now be held in the hand of visitors at Westminster Denver Colorado Butterfly Pavilion starting May 28, 2021. Skip Navigation.

Scientists are tapping venomous animals to create new medicines. The Chilean rose-hair tarantula is seen in this undated stock photo. Researchers are investigating if tarantulas could be key to ...

The Butterfly Pavilion announced that starting May 28, visitors can once again hold Rosie the Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula. (credit: Butterfly Pavilion) ...

Visitors to the Butterfly Pavilion’s invertebrate zoo in Westminster are likely familiar with Rosie, the Chilean rose hair tarantula. She’s available for visitors to hold and interact with as ...

The Chilean Rose Hair tarantula gets its name from the tiny pink hairs all over their bodies. "You're giant and you could squash it," Spicer Rice reminds me.

It is owned by one Juan Pablo Orellana, an agronomist who gathers and raises these Chilean rose hair tarantula (Grammostola rosea). Orellana's farm exports about 30,000 of them a year.

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Three-year-old Elizabeth Maller calls herself a shy baby, but that doesn’t stop her from holding a Chilean Rose Hair tarantula. So, what can her mother do? “Well, if my ...