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Only flying insects are a bother.
Bees, wasps and flies.
This time of year ... Spring ... on a 8 mile hike around Usery Pass park SE of Phoenix i can count on seeing an average of 2 rattlesnakes. There are many you pass by but don't see.
I spend an hour or so shooting .22 and .45 and when we were picking up to leave the area. Up shows a rattler. Now this idiot was coming directly at us. I shot twice with the .22 to shoo it off, nothing doing. The dogs were about so my buddy walks over with is new colt .45 and dispatched it.
I get them in the back yard. Usually hanging out under the tree in the corner and being cool. One last year made it the 40 feet to my patio and decided to be obnoxious. I dispatched him with a shovel. There is no accounting for snakes in the desert. Be careful of what you step over and what you sit on. Snakes are just part of the issue. There are ants, bees, wasps, spiders and the occasional lizard that need to be considered. Mexican Beaded and the Gila Monster are both protected and poisonous. I have not seen either in the wild for several years. Does not mean they are not out there.
The public range has a beehive somewhere nearby, but when one shows up to check on the noise, I just say "Hi, George" and leave them be. 99.9% of the time they leave me alone, except for the one mentally challenged one who landed on the bench in front of me and started doing the bee butt wiggle dance, (how they communicate), and I couldn't understand a word he was saying. I mean, do I really want to know how far it is to the good flowers? He got frustrated and left.Actually, not very common at all.
Only flying insects are a bother.
Bees, wasps and flies.
I've lived in az since 1997. I've seen one gila monster. It was south of maricopa city out in the desert. They are pretty rare but beautiful if you ever are lucky enough to see one outside the zoo.I've been in AZ for 5 years and all over the desert and backroads. I have only encountered two gila monster (got to admit though they were pretty cool to watch) and 3 snakes. I know that they are there because you can see where they have crossed the road or trail I am on..... but I am always vigilant where I walk and step. Maybe we could teach the snakes to read the "Beware of humans" signs....