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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » BugGuide gatherings and events » Santa Rita Experimental Range (SRER), Arizona, July 25-28, 2013
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Looking at the Desert Blonde Tarantula
Copyright © 2013 Robyn Waayers

Looking at the Desert Blonde Tarantula
I-19 Rest Area, Northbound, Arizona, USA
July 27, 2013
Joyce Gross, Aaron Schusteff and Alice Abela (and large spider). Yes, it was about 2 am when this photo was taken. Some people don't know when to call it a night ; )
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Contributed by Robyn Waayers on 30 July, 2013 - 7:15pm
Last updated 24 February, 2024 - 6:48pm

Just another night out with the girls
Playing with tarantulas, fiddling with scorpions, wandering around at mid-night in parking lots of giant border-town truck stops searching for tigers, snakes, and bats...and generally keeping ourselves out of mischief until 2am and beyond :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 12 August, 2013 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Ha, ha -
I couldn't have kept that pace up for much longer, but I kept reminding myself " I can sleep when I get home"!
… Robyn Waayers, 13 August, 2013 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Did you see the special tiger Joyce found that night?
I think it's the smallest tiger beetle species north of Mexico. Rare in the US, barely makes it into Sonoran Desert portion of AZ:



Another from the same locale:

… Aaron Schusteff, 26 August, 2013 - 10:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I missed this one.
Between the bats and the night hawks and the other beetles...
But with multiple records of this species in this spot over the years, it's a good one to look for in future there (I know I'll be back).
… Robyn Waayers, 27 August, 2013 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

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