The invasive Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) is endemic to East Asia. It was first discovered in the U.S. in North ...

Spider Lovers Scurry to Colorado Town in Search of Mating Tarantulas and Community LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit ...

Back in town, festivalgoers flaunted their tarantula-like traits in a hairy leg contest — a woman claimed the title this year — and paraded around in vintage cars with giant spiders on the hoods.

Bill Rebane, the director of the Wisconsin cult classic movie "The Giant Spider Invasion," leads an effort to upgrade the ...

Back in town, festivalgoers flaunted their tarantula-like traits in a hairy leg contest — a woman claimed the title this year — and paraded around in vintage cars with giant spiders on the hoods.

Back in town, festivalgoers flaunted their tarantula-like traits in a hairy leg contest — a woman claimed the title this year — and paraded around in vintage cars with giant spiders on the hoods.

The 1990 cult classic film "Arachnophobia," which follows a small town similarly overrun with spiders, screened downtown at the historic Fox Theater.For residents of La Junta, tarantulas aren't ...

The 1990 cult classic film "Arachnophobia," which follows a small town similarly overrun with spiders, screened downtown at the historic Fox Theater.For residents of La Junta, tarantulas aren't ...

The 1990 cult classic film "Arachnophobia," which follows a small town similarly overrun with spiders, screened downtown at the historic Fox Theater.For residents of La Junta, tarantulas aren't ...

It's tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate. Skip to content. NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at 6 p.m. Sunday.

The 1990 cult classic film "Arachnophobia," which follows a small town similarly overrun with spiders, screened downtown at the historic Fox Theater.For residents of La Junta, tarantulas aren't ...