CSU entomologist: Southern Colorado’s tarantulas are on the move, looking for love
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Note to journalists: The podcast (originally posted on Aug. 22, 2022), along with a transcript, is available at https://col.st/A9pou. All content is available for media use, and Holmes is available for interviews.
It’s that time of year again, when thousands of eight legged arachnids come out of their southeastern Colorado hiding places, looking for love.
Despite often being referenced as the annual tarantula “migration,” the spiders aren’t actually traveling through, they’re year-round residents. They’re just much more visible during the late summer and early fall mating season.
Colorado State University entomologist and Bug Zoo Director Maia Holmes spoke on CSU’s podcast The Audit about the annual mating trek.