What types of natural fauna live in your area?

[hypnoctopus]

I'd love to see some pictures of the local critters you see often, occasionally, or even rarely!

Here are some of the ones I get to see:

Arizona bark scorpions are very common in my area. They're pretty easy to catch and they look awesome under a black light:

Black widows - look awesome, although they're very shy and I haven't seen any in a while:

Sceloporous "fence" lizards are all over the place. Sometimes they do little push-ups to intimidate me (or maybe to attract me?):

Wolf spiders (at least I THINK these are wolf spiders):

Geckos are super easy to catch and calm down as soon as you're holding them:

Praying mantises are my number one favorite insect. In the past I have purchased a few egg sacs to put in my back yard (lousy photo, I was still learning to use the camera then:

In my area, there are also Great Blue Herons, hawks, egrets, and vultures. I have yet to see a wild tarantula, and I've only seen horny toads once or twice.

 

[Jdog3131]

see a lot of those and other salamanders early in the year.I am always seeing daddy long legs and wolf spiders in my basement.Praying mantises every now and then.And if I'm lucky a snapper or garter in the woods or near the creek.yeah pretty boring here.

 

[hypnoctopus]

When I lived in British Columbia, I used to sometimes catch salamanders. They are such interesting little critters. I think it's too dry for them here...

 

[Jdog3131]

Thats a shame they are cool little thing.