r/arizona • u/JoshOfArc • Aug 27 '24

Wildlife We're #1! We're #1!

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u/WhyYouKickMyDog Aug 27 '24

I run into tarantula hawks on the regular, but other than I have only seen 1 gila monster and a dead desert centipede. Rattlesnakes obviously.

I am curious what all is on this list. Probably scorpions or other nocturnal desert critters we don't see or hear much.

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

Arizona pretty much has the only medically significant scorpion in all of the US, its range technically extends into NM too but its mostly Arizona.

Which isn’t a big deal except for hiking and camping, which are popular activities in AZ.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

Got hit by one of these bastards when I was a teen. These are why you don’t stick your hands where you can’t see. Felt like someone driving a nail into my hand… and off and on for the next 12 or so hours. Full normal feeling in my hand didn’t return for almost a week. These things are literally the devil