Tucson Az, for the spider lovers.

[Allison]

I just recently spent two days in Tucson Az where I found dozens of creatures, including a close call with a couple of javelina late at night. Anyway, these guys (4 in all) were the stars of the show!
Tarantula 1 (Wish I knew a little more than that..)

Tarantula 2-The biggest and my personal favorite!

Tarantula 3- Seems to be the same species as T1

It was difficult to photograph.

Last but not least- the 'cutest' of all, Tarantula 4

It was about the size of a silver dollar.

I didn't find any snakes (bummer!) but I did find dozens of Hemidactylus turcicus, also know as the non-native house gecko.

This one was fast tiny, about the size of a nickel.

Adult 1

Adult 2

Thanks for looking everyone.

 

[diamondlil]

Brilliant pictures, great finds!:cheers:

 

[The_Thunderer]

Wow. I'd love to see all the T's up close. They look great and you took some awesome pics.

It's too bad that most of them are likely males looking for females... before they die.

I live in Mesa and I only saw a couple of wandering males last year. This year, nothing YET!

Thanks for sharing.

Fred

 

[Jynx]

Very cool! Looks like you can face to face with a few Aphonopelma chalcodes, or Desert T's (the brown ones) and Eurypelma californicum (the blacker ones) . They are pretty abundant here, and are always a great find!

We've got those geckos all over the house too. They help very much with the insect control

 

[Allison]

Thanks everyone!
Jynx- Thank you for the names, now I can research a little more about them. Tarantulas are so fascinating.