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Tarantula Love

It's tarantula mating season and Mount Diablo State Park is NorCal's hotspot for spider lovin.' On our trip up to Mount Diablo State Park in Contra Costa, we spotted a few tarantulas crossing the road. Every year around September and October, Mount Diablo becomes a love nest for tarantulas looking for that special mate. The best place to see one is near a female tarantula’s den. You will know you've found one because it'll be covered with webbing. They may be large spiders, but tarantulas are not poisonous to humans. The number of people killed by tarantulas, to date, is zero.

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Uploaded on October 12, 2019
Taken on September 28, 2019