South eastern Arizona 2012

[myrmecophile]

Along with the few herps I found in Arizona I did find numerous inverts.

Genus Anomala if I recall correctly.

Chrysina gloriosa

Small scarab, alas I can not recall the genus.

Male Xyloryctes.

Male Copris, probably C. arizonensis

Tiger beetles.

Large buprestid, Lampetis drummondi

Potter wasp.

Large black tarantula hawk

Spider sneaking a meal at my black light.

A cool jumping spider

Spider sex

But I love you this much

Walking sticks getting it on

A freshly molted mantid

A cool caterpillar, one of the Tussock moths but not sure which one.

Clear wing tiger moth

Small crab spider having a snack

And another one

This spider is apparently an obligate predator on Pogonomyrmex harvester ants

A young swallowtail larvae

White line sphinx feeding

The local clean up crew

Love gone awry

Fungus growing ants, genus Trachymyrmex

Neivamyrmex nigrescens on the alert for parasitic Phorid flies.

Prenolepis imparis tending aphids.

Ant lion larvae

and an adult feeding. I thought I had stepped on it until it finished and flew away.

Common in the mud puddles after the rain

Evil bambi

Sunset

 

[oldmanofthesea]

Thanks for the photo tour. Nice pictures. Ron

 

[Philth]

Great pics and thanks for sharing. Cant wait to get out there again.

Later, Tom

 

[Wadew]

Nice ! ...Thank you for posting.

-Wade

 

[MarkmD]

really good pics enjoyed looking at them.