If you suffer from arachnophobia, this is the time of year when you're most likely to run into one of your worst nightmares: a tarantula. It's mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in ...

The third annual Tarantula Festival brought visitors to the state’s southeastern town of La Junta over the weekend to witness the mating season of Colorado’s brown tarantula. These two-toned creatures ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. (KXRM/KXTU) — Every fall, thousands of tarantulas can be seen crossing highways in Colorado near La Junta and Las Animas as they search for a mate, and it’s about to begin again. From ...

As the Texas heat gets into full swing, humans won’t be the only ones looking for a summer fling. The summer months mean mating season for tarantulas, but should you be worried about getting bitten by ...

Tarantula mating season occurs in the fall, primarily in southwestern states. Male tarantulas wander in search of females, while females remain near their burrows. Tarantulas are generally docile but ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It’s tarantula ...

If you’re exploring nature in California this fall, there’s a chance you could be sharing the trail with one of the largest spiders in the world. Male tarantulas are embracing the cooler weather and ...

If you see some big hairy spiders scampering around from now through the end of October, you are witnessing male tarantulas on what could be miles-long treks in search of female partners. While Pueblo ...

May through July is peak tarantula season in Austin. In the early summer months, the large hairy spiders emerge from their underground burrows and crawl around Texas in search of mates. Austin-area ...