SEATTLE (AP) — Officials at the zoo in Seattle have taken in 250 tarantula spiderlings that were confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from an importer.

Woodland Park Zoo officials on Friday invited media to photograph the spiders as well as exotic reptiles, including Gila monsters, that were taken in recently after a woman in southern Washington died.

Zoo animal curator Jennifer Pramuk said friends of the woman asked the zoo if it could take the snakes including copperheads and vipers, and the lizards that she had in her collection.

The zoo plans to keep the Gila monsters and will work to place the snakes in other zoos that have staff who are qualified to care for them.

The zoo rescued the Brazilian tarantulas in a separate case. Because Brazil does not export adult tarantulas, it’s assumed the baby salmon-pink, bird-eating tarantulas and white-banded tarantulas were bred from illegally captured adults.