Camped on the canal at Glamis this weekend... found a cool pet.

I spotted him crawling across the sand near my trailer, so I nudged him into a bucket for the weekend. I wanted to hold onto him so everyone in camp could appreciate him. At the end of the weekend, I let him go close to where I found him.

We dropped a stinkbug in the bucket so he could have a nice little Thanksgiving feast... Sure enough it was eaten by morning.

He had a body of about 3 inches long, and was easily the size of the palm of my hand.

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cool lil harmless critter right there. i havent seen one in g for years.

My mom used to tell me stories about when she was a kid they would go out and try and catch these things and they would spring up/jump at them...
I don't try and pick them up.
Very cool, thanks for sharing.

cool. I saw one crossing I-78 about 3 miles east of the RR tracks. Didnt have my camera though.

Cool stuff, gotta show this to the kid.. She loves these critters!

cell phone duhhhh

Hot darn she is a beauty right there. Good to see them in Mother G. Hope there's a few more to see this year.

I haven't seen a tarantula in G before. Cool find! They are very docile if you are slow and steady around them and can be picked up carefully. If they wave their forelegs in the air, they feel threatened and you should back away. They can bite.

I saw one over Vets weekend. And we used to see them all the time on the other side of the canal.

I didnt bother stopping......just made sure I didnt run over him while I passed him. Probably would have stopped if I had my good camera but I am not a big fan of cell phone pics so I didnt bother stopping.

You must have good eye sight, I doubt if I would even notice one will I'm driving.

Saw several crossing San Felipe Wash in Ocotillo Wells earlier this season (October or so). Had a bunch of kids following me, so we made a quick u-turn and held a field class for them - talk about EXCITED! Played crossing guard for the little critters (the spiders) until they got to the other side of the wash and didn't get squashed by a passing truck/buggy/quad/bike. Definitely cool.

Yeppers we must take care of the critters, I just don't want them on me, LOL.

Im not big fan of spiders, but i can respect them. Im very glad i didnt see any critters when I camped in a tent at Glamis a few years ago. I would have never been able to sleep!

I went to lake nacimiento a few years back to do some work at a friends house it was a long road thru private prop but there were a bunch of tarantulas on the way out near sundown time.I stopped to check them out i know i got pics somewhere was pretty cool.

Only camp pet we had this year was a baby sidewinder i let him out about a 1/4 mile from camp