Male tarantulas make themselves known this time of year as they seek a female tarantula during mating season. Mitchell Alcala, ...

Female tarantulas typically live longer than males — from 10 to 30 years or more, depending on the species. Male tarantulas ...

Female tarantulas have a typical lifespan closer to 20-25 years, some experts say. In the wild, tarantula hawks — the largest wasp in the US — sometimes inject these spiders with a paralyzing ...

Female tarantulas tend to be bigger and more mature than their male counterparts and can live up to 30 years. After mating with the male, the female tarantula lays fertilized eggs in her burrow.

Male tarantulas seek love, find death around Halloween. Most have been waiting seven years for this. ... Female tarantulas, on the other hand, can thrive for 20 or more years.

Female tarantulas tend to be bigger and more mature than their male counterparts and can live up to 30 years. After mating with the male, the female tarantula lays fertilized eggs in her burrow.

Female tarantulas typically live longer than males — from 10 to 30 years or more, depending on the species. Male tarantulas typically have much shorter lifespans, ranging from a few years to ...

A male tarantula crosses Highway 350 south of La Junta in this file photo from 2023. ... sometimes killed by the female they mate with. Female tarantulas can live up to 20 years or more.

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.

From August to October, thousands of male tarantulas in New Mexico are on the prowl for love, crossing highways, trails and deserts in search of a mate.

After mating, the female may produce an egg sac containing hundreds of eggs, ... Male tarantulas make themselves known this time of year as they seek a female tarantula during mating season.

It’s tarantula mating season in Colorado and spider aficionados are traveling from as far away as California to see the annual matchmaking rituals. As Colorado’s public radio news recently ...