La Junta Tarantula Festival 2025. La junta's tarantula festival is not just a celebration of the aphonopelma hentzi mating season but a beacon for wildlife conservation. 3rd annual tarantula festival, la junta, co, september 28, 2024.

8 to celebrate the arachnids and the annual mating ritual, which occurs. The city of la junta is embracing this natural phenomenon by hosting the second annual tarantula festival on september 29 and 30 in downtown la junta.