E-E-E-EW! I LIVE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO HIGH DESERT, JUST OUTSIDE OF PALM SPRINGS, CA. LAST WEEK I FOUND A HUGE TARANTULA IN MY GARAGE. MY HUSBAND CAUGHT IT AND PUT IT OUTSIDE. WE THOUGHT IT WAS KINDA NEAT. BUT LAST NIGHT, AS HE LAY IN BED, MY SON FOUND ANOTHER ONE UNDER HIS PILLOW!! WHY ARE THESE GUYS COMING RIGHT INTO THE HOUSE? HANGING OUT IN MY SON'S BED ISN'T EXACTLY "SHY" BEHAVOIR (THESE TWO DIDN'T "SCURRY OFF" ANYWHERE!) I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO GET BITTEN OR BE FREAKED OUT ABOUT GOING TO BED AT NIGHT - ANY SUGGESTIONS TO KEEP THEM IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS WHERE THEY BELONG??

Make sure there arent any cracks under any doors (garage included) and put screen on the outside of all your windows.
-Danny

If i was you i would keep a lot of Hot shot bug killer handy.

-Greivous50

They are likely to be amorous male spiders on the look out for a girl-friend... often spiders blunder into houses and crawl into nice, cosy and dark spots so they don't dry out too much.

You folk are lucky with those tarantulas... there's nothing like that, here in New Zealand!

Ruud

hehe yeah def sounds like wandering males in search of mates.man i wish there were tarantulas native to connecticut

I live in Florida and we have creepy spiders.
Ugh! I got up for work one morning, and
nearly had a apoplectic fit, Ruud! Big,
giant spider! Yes, I have arachnophobia.
Hate spiders! This one was in the bathroom
sink. I killed it. Sorry.