Antelope Island is alive with spiders — until September

If you’re arachnophobic, read no further.Spider enthusiasts and the curious gathered Saturday for a one-day festival at Antelope Island State Park, celebrating the arachnids’ crucial role in ecosystems on the desolate island on the Great Salt Lake.Millions of spiders known as Western Spotted Orb Weavers inhabit the island west of Centerville this time of year, feasting on brine flies hatched in the lake’s salty waters. The quarter-sized crawlers typically lay their eggs and di