Some Really Cool Crawlies (& Bugs/Butterflies) in Laguna Canyon

We have been finding a bunch of really neat spiders, beetles and other crawly critters on the trails these days. Now equipped with a fabulous camera, we've been pretty pleased with the photos we've taken home.
Take a look at these and see for yourself!
(on left: rattlesnake near Nix Nature Center on 1 June 2009)



Spider on Bommer Ridge right at the entrance to Crystal Cove, 26 May 2009.














Striped racer on Old Emerald Falls trail, 26 May 2009.






Stunned Tarantula on Lower Laurel- had just been stung by the Tarantula Wasp. This was the first sight that we had of it on 1 June 2009 before we started filming the scene that just followed. Watch the video of the Tarantula hawk dragging the Tarantula back to the latter's burrow HERE!







Huge! On the fossil interpretive part of the Nix Nature Center outside, on 1 June 2009.















On Lower Laurel in the grassland areas on 1 June 2009 at 10:30 AM.














On Lower Laurel on 1 June 2009 at 1:15 PM.