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Southern Arizona wildlife photos that will make your skin crawl
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Southern Arizona wildlife photos that will make your skin crawl

  • May 21, 2019
  • May 21, 2019 Updated Apr 19, 2021

It's officially snake season in Southern Arizona. 

Southern Arizona snakes

We've got a crazy #WildlifeWednesday post for you!
Check out this Sidewinder eating a very large Desert Iguana out by Picacho Peak! 🤯
Video by Randy Babb#snake #southwest pic.twitter.com/13TkOxtOmv

— Arizona Game & Fish (@azgfd) May 15, 2019

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

This rattlesnake seemed to be having trouble consuming this lizard, but after a brief period, consumed the whole thing.

By Kathy Jamieson

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake caught a Mouning Dove napping, and the rest of the story was.......lunch.

By Wayne Burk

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

Just watch out for ... snakes!!!

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

A tiny baby snake the size of a quarter

By Sven olson

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

We have a King Snake living in our backyard. Bonus - No rats, no rabbits, no squirrels - and no rattlesnakes!

By Edward+Paul Cheknis

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

NOT a welcome visitor to our front porch...

By Martha W-V

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

A rare sighting in Tucson: a king snake killing a rattlesnake by constricting it.

Teresa Wertheimer

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

This snake began a slow, slithering ascent from the base of a natural stone arch along the Catalina Highway northeast of Tucson. It’s very unlikely the critter got very high on the formation.

Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes
Arizona Daily Star

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes
Screen capture from Arizona Daily Star video

Southern Arizona tarantulas

Southern Arizona tarantulas

Schmidt shows off a female tarantula that is part of the insect collection he keeps in his office.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

Southern Arizona tarantulas

Southern Arizona tarantulas

An Avicularia spider crawls up the side of a glass container at the "Spider Mall" during the American Tarantula Society's annual conference in Oro Valley, Ariz. on Friday, July 29, 2016. The Avicularia is just one of the many species of tarantulas present at the conference.

Sydney Richardson / For The Arizona Daily Star

Southern Arizona scorpions

Southern Arizona scorpions

Lizard captures scorpion for lunch

By RICK CASTELLINI

Southern Arizona centipedes

Southern Arizona centipedes

Giant centipedes will be on display at the Insect Festival.

Wendy Moore

Southern Arizona snakes

Southern Arizona snakes

Saw it in backyard while gardening after rains. Really blended in with gravel! Did hear it “rattle”before it went into hole under boulder.

By Jean Barkley

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