SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Tarantulas are making their presence known on San Diego hiking trails this August, as male tarantulas emerge from their burrows in search of mates. During this busy tarantula ...

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” For a moment I didn’t pay much attention to the large insect buzzing around me. It was one of those gentle spring days and ...

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 ...

Every September-October tarantulas emerge in southern Colorado to look for a mate, and tourists congregate at an annual festival in La Junta to watch the spider spectacle. If spiders make you ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tarantula mating season runs from about July to November, skewing toward October in California. Female tarantulas ...

WELL, THEY’RE BIG SPIDERS THAT MOST PEOPLE HATE, BUT THOUSANDS OF TARANTULAS. ARE COMING OUT OF HIDING FOR MATING SEASON. AS I’M WEARING SANDALS. THAT’S NOT A GOOD FEELING RIGHT THERE. YEAH. NOT GOOD.

Six legs can work just fine for the flexible Guatemalan tiger rump tarantula. By Laura Baisas Published Jun 17, 2025 10:03 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

Arizona is home to over a dozen tarantula species. These primarily nocturnal creatures are most active during the late summer and early fall mating season. Although venomous, Arizona tarantulas are ...

The brown tarantula is about the size of an apple or orange. University of Missouri-St. Louis scientist Becky Hansis-O’Neill and her team of students have been using an app to track their locations, ...