Nevada Desert

Shrike

Arachnoprince
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I was in Vegas this past weekend for the beginning of March Madness. Sunday morning I decided to take a break from basketball, head outside, and get out of town. Good decision!

The views weren't too bad ;)












Desert Globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua


Banana Yucca, Yucca baccata


Desert Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja angustifolia


Can anybody tell me what this is? The stuff was everywhere.


I think this is Lobe Leaved Groundsel, Packera multilobata.

I'm not 100% on some of these cactus IDs so please chime in if I'm wrong.

Beavertail Cactus, Opuntia basilaris


Hedgehog Cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii


Cottontop Cactus, Echinocactus polycephalus


Beehive Cactus, Escobaria vivipara


A well protected cactus wren nest.


There's no perspective here but this centipede was big (bigger than I'm used to anyway).


Red Spotted Toad, Anaxyrus punctatus




Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer
 
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Desert scorps

Arachnobaron
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I was in Vegas this past weekend for the beginning of March Madness. Sunday morning I decided to take a break from basketball, head outside, and get out of town. Good decision!

The views weren't too bad ;)












Desert Globemallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua


Banana Yucca, Yucca baccata


Desert Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja angustifolia


Can anybody tell me what this is? The stuff was everywhere.


I think this is Lobe Leaved Groundsel, Packera multilobata.

I'm not 100% on some of these cactus IDs so please chime in if I'm wrong.

Beavertail Cactus, Opuntia basilaris


Hedgehog Cactus, Echinocereus engelmannii


Cottontop Cactus, Echinocactus polycephalus


Beehive Cactus, Escobaria vivipara


A well protected cactus wren nest.


There's no perspective here but this centipede was big (bigger than I'm used to anyway).


Red Spotted Toad, Anaxyrus punctatus




Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer
Nice pics! I went to southern utah and caught a 5 inch centipede that is identical to that one. It is a scolopendra polymorpha or tiger centipede, they range in various colors and some get up to 7 inches.
 
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