Santa Ritas, AZ

[digiwalker]

Went Saturday afternoon roadcruising in the Santa Rita mountains hoping to see a critter or two. Followed a dirt road through a canyon and caught a large Scolopendra heros arizonensis (sp?) I belive it is somewhere in the 7-8" range, but haven't had a chance to corral it long enough to measure. Hopefully I can have a pic tomorrow for you all. Other than that, my trip was pretty much a bust.

 

[josh_r]

very cool! i was just in the pajaritos on saturday and found anotehr species of dwarf tarantula and a gyalopion quadrangulare. odly enough, i dug the thing out of a burrow... thats unheard of.

 

[josh_r]

did you ever post that footage of teh zebra tailed lizards battling it out??? that was the craziest thing ive ever seem from these things!

 

[digiwalker]

No...still need to do that Josh. Keep forgetting.

 

[digiwalker]

Here is the pics I promised.

I took them the next day in the five gallon bucket. The base diameter of the bucket is 10" for scale.

 

[josh_r]

very nice animal! good find.