It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall. This is the night of the lustful tarantula — and it’s filled with peril. Every year, male tarantulas ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Tarantulas, beware. It’s officially mating season for New Mexico’s state insect, the tarantula hawk. They’re a type of spider wasp primarily known to hunt tarantulas in a ...
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 ...