Papercraft Mexican Tarantula

The Mexican red-kneed tarantula is native to the deciduous forests of southwestern Mexico. Red knees live in burrows in the soil for protection.  Their burrows also provide a hiding place for them to ambush prey. This papercraft tarantula was created by illustrator Patrick Pasques who recolored a paper model of an Indian sapphire tarantula he produced for a papercraft book featuring endangered animals. A free download of the template for the spider in the photo may be found here.

Lord of the Rings Papercraft: Shelob

For whatever the reason, Lord of the Rings papercraft is a rare thing. This Shelob paper model is one of the few examples around. Shelob is described by author J. R. R. Tolkien as being an "evil thing in spider form" whose food was "all living things". In the books, Shelob first appears in the second book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers, however in the movie trilogy her appearance is delayed until the The Return of the King, the third book in the series. This papercraft was created by "Kangu" and the Pepakura PDO template is available here. When building this model it should be noted that the gluing tabs for the legs may need to be trimmed down some in order to get the legs to fit together properly.