CERBAT MOUNTAINS
It was the same weather throughout the week (June 5-11), sunny and in the 100s. It was hotter and drier compared to last year, even though this year's trip was a week earlier. One day one I took a trip up the Cerbat Mountains.

Plateau Fence Lizard.

A wasp hitching a ride up the mountain.

I photographed this Eastern Collared Lizard out of the driver's side window of the car.

A Yellow-belly Assassin Bug...

...that decided to attempt to assassinate the camera (I think it saw its reflection in the lens).

Gila Spotted Whiptail.

A smaller, darker Gila Spotted Whiptail actively foraging in the leaf litter.

Cicada exoskeleton "as found."

There were a number of these small, spotted beetles on the flowers of cacti.

Cow.

Yucca.

Yucca fruit.

Lichens forming the letter "G."

A mammal that I've never seen before - a Rock Squirrel - they are surprisingly large.

Eaton's Firecracker being visited by bees.

Later that night...Wolf Spider.

And still later - Spotted Leafnose Snake.

Another photo of the same snake.