Monsoon season is here!

[Hulihzack]

We had another night of rain so I decided to hit up South Mountain before work. I was not disappointed!

My friend from work was out there too so I met up with him shortly after they found their first blacktail. Then right as I was walking up on them they found another one. This thing was so relaxed, it just kept cruising and cruising.




Gopher with a massive meal






Speckled Rattlesnake
In Situ


He was quite the little firecracker...




Stripetail Scorpion (I think?)


Velvet Mite


The snake I wanted to see the most... a Big ol' Tiger Rattlesnake




My favorite photo to date:



The two weekends before that, I went out and had some decent success road cruising and hiking. (Some of the night pics came out pretty bad )

First thing we found was this blazing yellow Blacknecked Garter in a small pool. He was gorging himself on tadpoles and even ate one while we were watching. I think my buddy got better pics of it that I should be getting from him shortly...




Leopard Frogs were abundant.




A small tarantula


Woodhouse's Toad


Cool Millipede




Colorado River Toad


A squirrelly Diamondback... I didn't want to get very close to it lol


On the first trip we found a freshly DOR Lyre snake. We think the second car in our group hit it, needless to say we were bummed.


Last weekend made up for it with a live one, also found on the road. It was too squirmy to get really good pictures, and we didn't have all night.


Thanks for reading- Happy Herping!

[BPelizabeth]

wow great pics...you found so much!! That tiger rattlesnake ...holy toledo...the rattle was HUGE!!

[mommanessy247]

the tail on that diamondback is what struck me the most. brown and tan snake with a black and white striped tail...the rattle on that big one is pretty big too.

[ballpythonluvr]

Very nice discoveries and great pics!

[Hulihzack]

the tail on that diamondback is what struck me the most. brown and tan snake with a black and white striped tail

They are often called "Coontails" for that very reason.

[Beardedragon]

Great pics!

Did that Millipede stain your hands at all?

[muddoc]

Great pics, and congrats on such a successful trip.

[The Hedgehog]

Nicely done!

[merdcme]

great finds and pics!!! thanks for sharing

[CoolioTiffany]

Man that seems like it was a fun trip!! I'd love to go field herping really soon, hopefully before school starts. Where's a good location I should go cruising around?