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I really don't see the tarantulas all that often, unfortunately. There used to be more out here, but there's been a lot of development in my subdivision in the past few years. I used to have tons of scorpions that would get in the house - one stung me good when it was hiding on the underside of the tongue of my shoe... got me on the top of the foot about 5 times before I got free >:| I used to be terrified of both, now I keep a few tarantulas and scorpions as pets, lol.
I think the patchnose was probably hunting baby Mediterranean geckos when my cat violently interrupted it, lol. It was right after I got my baby ball python, and my cat, Idgie, brought the patchnose to me while I was working at my desk, dropped it at my feet and bellowed. I think she recognized it as one of those slithery things I was playing with the night before, lol.
My neighbor's seen a coral snake and a skink this year, and called me over to see the coral, so I grabbed my camera and ran, but it was already gone
She didn't tell me about the skink because she figured I'd try to catch it and keep it, lol.
I didn't see many striped fence lizards this year, but hopefully I can get some pics of those in the Spring. They're adorable