News 9 reports the annual migration of the Oklahoma Brown Tarantula is expected to begin this month through early October and will peak in mid-September. Arachnologists say the majority of the spiders are 10-year-old males looking to mate with females hidden in Colorado’s grasslands.
We understand people having an instinctual fear of spiders but officials want you to know tarantulas are mostly harmless to humans. If you’re interested it could be a cool opportunity to hike around see some wild tarantulas and if you’re phobic its easily avoidable.
Here’s a more detailed video on the annual migration from a few years back: