Boulder’s next-door neighbor, Broomfield, is home to the Butterfly Pavilion, and home to Rosie the Spider. Rosie (in a part played by several tarantulas in rotation to avoid tiring them out too much) is held by hundreds of people a day. She has done this for almost 30 years! Without anyone being bitten! Young Dean, […]

Every year, thousands of tarantulas migrate to Colorado in search of mates, generally showing up in La Junta and southeast Colorado towards the end of August. The male spiders are searching for female mates that burrow in the Colorado prairies. The city of La Junta lists some tips for seeing the hoards, including: September is […]