Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum looks to counter ‘prejudice’ against spiders as part of mission to boost ecological awareness

The Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum has been trying to encourage the public to take a more positive view of one of the most maligned of all creatures – the spider – as part of its wider mission to improve attitudes and awareness of the natural world.

The museum on the University of Hong Kong’s main campus has more than 20,000 specimens on public display, including animals found in mainland China, such as the red panda, the black muntjac and the Chinese giant salamander.