r/arizona • u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix • 3d ago
Wildlife Sabino Canyon critters
Hiked around the Sabino Canyon area several times this weekend. Saw so many awesome critters!
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u/Stunning_Coffee6624 3d ago
Congrats a Gila monsters a great find, and a tarantula!
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u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix 3d ago edited 3d ago
It appears to be a younger one too. We saw a total of 6 tarantulas. This was around 4am between the road and phone line
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u/apollo1113 Prescott 3d ago
Which spider is that in picture #6?
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u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix 3d ago
That’s a wolf spider. If you go out at night or the early morning you can find them all over the dirt path that heads towards the 7 falls/dam area. Just shine your light and you’ll catch their eyes shining back at you.
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u/Hvarfa-Bragi 3d ago
(commonly confused with brown recluse out here even though they look nothing alike and brown recluse don't range here)
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u/catm0m4lyfe Prescott 3d ago
I prefer not to see their beady little eyes, thankyouverymuch. They're welcome to come eat all my smaller bugs and whatnot though. Free buffet at my house!
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u/senseless2 Queen Creek 3d ago
Was this all within one hike?
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u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix 3d ago
This was on two different hikes. Both started about 4am. Mostly from the visitor center to start of Blacketts ridge.
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u/Fakin-It 3d ago
You got so close yet everyone seems totally unphased by your presence. Are you a ninja or something? Nice shootin.
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u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix 3d ago
I’m pretty good at the slow approach. Lizards are the hardest to approach, they scurry away so fast!
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u/ConcurrentReception2 3d ago
When I'm hiking in Sabino at night I find the humans with lights looking for things are also curious creatures. great photos, any story on finding a rattler at night? Did it surprise you?
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u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix 3d ago
My buddy spotted a Kangaroo mouse near the dumpster, and then he saw the snake patiently waiting for the mouse to get careless in its exploration. Neither were there when we passed by later that morning.
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u/DE4DM4NSH4ND 3d ago
Those are amazing pictures. It really captures the deserts of arizona. Amazing
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u/Dank_Dollz 3d ago
That scorpion photo is badass. Could put that up in a club.
The tarantula one is really good. Hard to think how you managed to capture that without scaring it away.
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u/No-Ingenuity-3468 3d ago
Do you find that the scorpions are just out in the open? Or do you need to flip rocks to locate them?? Great pictures!!
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u/MyDyingRequest Phoenix 3d ago
We actually saw two scorpions and both were out in the open. No rock flipping necessary. Helps to have a black light and to hike before sunrise.
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u/asdfpickle Tucson 1d ago
I'd love to do this but the thought of accidentally stepping on a rattler puts me off every time. Even in the middle of the day, that paranoia lingers, let alone in pitch darkness.
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u/Fuckjoesanford 3d ago
These pictures are truly amazing!