It feels like there’s always some type of bug season in Arizona. From cicadas to beetles, ants and other insects, there’s always something crawling around. And now, as the summer monsoon season gets ...

Tarantula hawks deliver one of nature’s most painful stings. We’ve researched some basics about this infamous wasp to help ...

They are not typically aggressive toward humans but possess one of the most painful stings in the insect world. Female tarantula hawks paralyze tarantulas with a sting before laying an egg on the ...

Each fall on the Colorado grasslands, thousands of tarantulas abandon the burrows they have called home for nearly a decade ...

Each fall, tens of thousands of male tarantulas leave their burrows across the Southwestern and Western U.S., actively roaming their environments. They can be found in the mountains, in grasslands, on ...

Tarantula mating season in Arizona peaks in late summer and early fall, typically August and September. Mature male tarantulas are most commonly seen as they leave their burrows to search for females.