Male California tarantula seen in Carmel Valley making its way to find a mate waiting in her burrow in the ground. Males become adults at about 6-8 years old. Six months after they have performed what they came into this world to do, they die. Females can live up to twenty five years! Male tarantulas make this trek from September through October...so a rare thing to get to see. The last time I saw a live tarantula was at least 40 years ago making its way across Robinson Canyon Road. Tarantulas are gentle but, like any animal, if it feels danger it will let you know. It can send out its spikey hairs on its abdomen as a warning. If you see one that has a smooth abdomen, it has had to use these hairs to defend itself.
Walking straight up a wooden fence. It kept climbing till it reached the top edge, then went over the other side into the garden. So watch where you dig! You never know who is there.
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