They’re more afraid of you than you are of them.

The annual Tarantula Festival in La Junta might seem like an 'out of the ordinary' event, but observing the mating rituals of the Oklahoma brown tarantula is for everyone.

If you’ve been curious about the 'thousands of spiders migrating across southern Colorado,' and wanted to see it for yourself, have no fear – we have all the facts to help you make your trek.

What to know: La Junta, is a small town in southern Colorado, about three hours away from Denver, with a population of just below 7,000.

The small, rural town of La Junta has hosted a Tarantula Festival each year since 2022 during the last week of September in celebration of the migration.

While the tradition has been referred to as a migration for years, it is actually a matin

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