(LA JUNTA, Colo.) — The tarantula mating season has arrived in the Comanche National Grassland, home to Colorado brown tarantulas. La Junta’s third annual Tarantula Fest creeps up on Friday, Sept. 27, ...

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 ...

There’s a market for everything, tarantula tourism included. These creepy crawlers have become a sort of destination mascot for La Junta, a small town set about three hours southeast of Denver. From ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

LA JUNTA, Colo (KRDO) - The La Junta tarantula fest starts Friday. It marks the annual quest of hundreds of male tarantulas across the area in search of mates. This year the trek attracted a biologist ...

Coloradans who visit La Junta and Comanche National Grassland this month will have their best opportunity to see some popular eight-legged creatures: tarantulas. September is typically the golden ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LA JUNTA, Colo. (KXRM) — The tarantula ...

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 ...