"The Amazon Sentinel" – Tarantula Molt Display by Chris Lee

Crafted with reverence for the uncanny beauty of the natural world, this display centers around the impressive molt of a Lasiodora parahybana—the Salmon Pink Bird-Eater tarantula. Carefully positioned atop a weathered stump, the arachnid's delicate exuviae stretches in full posture, fangs parted, legs splayed with lifelike poise, capturing a moment between growth and ghost.

Surrounding the stump, vibrant mosses sprawl in lush, living green—collected from shaded forest beds and arranged with care. The moss creeps into the crevices of bark and root, evoking the quiet breath of deep woods. The molt, both haunting and exquisite in detail, appears as a guardian of its mossy realm—a silent sentinel of change, metamorphosis, and the raw poetry of nature’s cycles.

A creation by Chris Lee, this piece invites the viewer to confront the beauty in transformation, the elegance in exoskeletons, and the wild stillness of the forest floor.