# @co_gazette on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C-pziLDMnC1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69786486-co-gazette-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-14T14:11:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Colorado Springs Gazette (@co_gazette) — https://gondola.cc/co_gazette

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Be warned. Thousands of tarantulas will be making their way across Colorado very soon.

No, it’s not the plot from the 1990 film "Arachnophobia," but a perfectly normal, and very real (albeit creepy to some) annual migration that occurs in the state each year.

This event, often informally called a migration, is more accurately described by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials as an annual mating ritual. During this time, male tarantulas traverse the over 443,000 acres of the Comanche National Grassland in search of a mate.

Activity begins in late summer and early fall, but officials say that the peak time to view tarantula activity is mid-September near Comanche National Grassland south of La Junta, Colo., off U.S. Highway 109.

Viewing this phenomenon has become so popular that in recent years, the City of La Junta has embraced it, hosting an annual “Tarantula Fest”. This year’s event will be held on Sept. 27 and 28 in Downtown La Junta. It will include a parade, vendors, an education pavilion, and tarantula tours among other yet-to-be-announced events.

More on the migration at the link in the @co_gazette bio

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