Colorado’s tarantulas are creeping out of their burrows on the southeastern plains in search for love, an annual affair sometimes called a tarantula “migration.”
Every year, these creatures lure arachnid aficionados from near and far to see the spectacle in person.
Beginning around the start of September, male tarantulas in the southern and southeastern part of the state will leave the safety of their burrows to search for females, which stay hidden in their holes.
When a male finds a female’s burrow, they drum their legs at the entrance and wait for the female to come out to breed.
After the males do their special knock, the females will come out and either mate or eat the male… or both.
The tarantula “migration” will continue until early October.
