What organizations are available to join for outings and information?
There is currently one national tarantula enthusiast group in the USA called the “American Tarantula Society” (ATS) which currently has operations centered in Carlsbad, New Mexico. There are various sub-groups of both the ATS and regional arachnid groups around the USA which can be found online. For Europe there is the “British Tarantula Society” (BTS) which is a great resource for arachnid information for anyone. Both the ATS and BTS have annual member events.