CERBAT MOUNTAINS
A week in the Las Vegas Area - May 17-24. The first two days started off quite warm, with temperatures hitting 100 degrees, after that things cooled down to the 70s and 80s for the rest of the trip. I started things out by checking out the Cerbat Mountains in Arizona.

Plateau Fence Lizards were the most commonly seen reptile inhabitants.

Arizona Stripe-tailed Scorpion.

Spotted Towhees have a similar "drink your tea" call that Eastern Towhees have in my home state.

A Gopher Snake that was crossing the road in the daytime.

Landscape with tiny Arizona town in the background.

There were a number of wildflowers in bloom, like this Sand Verbena.

Most of the flowers were being visited by insects, like this White Prickly Poppy with a Ornate Checkered Beetle.

Robberfly.

Side-blotched Lizard.

Grizzled Skipper.

Later that night I found this Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.