The scorpions around here are not that terrible, as far as I know, I don’t kill them but do keep a distance.

The tarantula vs. tarantula hawk battle is pretty interesting. The tarantula hawk is a beautiful huge blue and orange wasp like critter(probably is a wasp,don’t know for sure). It flies around looking in holes for tarantulas and goes in after them. They often drag them out of the holes to do battle. The tarantula hawk always wins, as far as I know. It then lays its eggs in the dead, or dieing,tarantula!

I did just see a road runner in the yard today, they are neat. King snakes eat rattlesnakes, but unfortunately, I have not seen one since buying this rural lot in 2004.