Warning as 'hordes' of tarantulas are set to swarm in five US states in mating frenzy

Daily Mail ^ | 7/29/2027 | OSHEEN YADAV

[CtBigPat]

Thousands of giant tarantulas are set to emerge from the ground in five states starting next month. Wildlife officials warned the hordes will appear in parts of California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas from August through October.

[CtBigPat]

The softball-sized spiders, while mostly harmless to humans, can still bite, flick irritating hairs, or cause alarm as they wander through campsites, backyards, and across roads.

Residents and visitors may spot the spiders crossing roads in groups or creeping across campsites and backyards.

In some places, tarantulas are expected to appear by the dozens, marching in loose lines across roads like tiny brown tanks.

Unlike most desert animals that avoid heat by hiding, these tarantulas come out when the late-summer rains begin.

The sudden rise in moisture and shift in temperature signal it is time to find a mate.

Dan McCamish, a senior environmental scientist with California State Parks, said: 'They're typically out from late evening into early dawn, that's when visitors tend to see them.'

[CtBigPat]

Between the tarantulas and the tsunamis, living in Connecticut doesn’t seem so bad.

[GSWarrior]

If you go camping, check your shoes inside your shoes in the morning.

[GSWarrior]

If you go camping, check your shoes inside your shoes in the morning.

[GSWarrior]

If you go camping, check your shoes inside your shoes in the morning.

[wjcsux]

Growing up in Arizona, we had them all of the time during the rainy season, you hardly see them anymore. We would play with them when we were kids.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Better tarantulas than hantavirus rodents.

[Jonty30]

What would happen if you took all the spiders in the world and put them in a big jar?

You’d get one spider.

[GSWarrior]

Sorry for the duplicate posts. I’m on a slow network with a crappy iPad.

[lowbridge]

Spiders are the reason why God invented the flamethrower.

[wjcsux]

“If you go camping, check your shoes inside your shoes in the morning.”
You are thinking of scorpions, we didn’t play with them when we were kids growing up in Arizona.

[j.havenfarm]

Traveling across Nevada on I-80 last year, for mile after mile I saw these spots on the shoulder, maybe 1,000 every hundred feet. At 80 mph I couldn’t tell what they were. Finally I pulled over, and later looked them up.
Mormon Crickets. Millions upon millions. I learned that, on side road, there can be so many on the roadway that the surface becomes slick and dangerous

[j.havenfarm]

Traveling across Nevada on I-80 last year, for mile after mile I saw these spots on the shoulder, maybe 1,000 every hundred feet. At 80 mph I couldn’t tell what they were. Finally I pulled over, and later looked them up.
Mormon Crickets. Millions upon millions. I learned that, on side road, there can be so many on the roadway that the surface becomes slick and dangerous

[llevrok]

Between the tarantulas and the tsunamis, living in Connecticut doesn’t seem so bad.

I take issue with you. I used to live in Bridgeport.

[Larry Lucido]

[Bobbyvotes]

Humans also indulge in shower mating 😂

[CtBigPat]

Good to see you got out alive.

[llevrok]

The ptsd took years to settle down

[CtBigPat]

Of course, we have other scary things here.

[Leaning Right]

I remember seeing a documentary about this years ago. At least I think it was a documentary.