The Centipede
The Centipede. Body many-segmented, but usually flattened and with only one pair of legs per segment. Poison claws near head; some species have painful, venomous bites. Color variable: red, orange, gray and green. Often found under rocks, boards, and “cowpies.” Long-legged house centipedes usually found in buildings.
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Thelyphonida
This creepy looking bug is the Thelyphonida, commonly known as whip scorpions; the giant whip scorpion, is found in more arid areas, including Arizona and New Mexico.
Tarantula Hawk
A tarantula hawk is a spider wasp that preys on tarantulas. Tarantula hawk is New Mexico’s state insect. It has a blue-black body and orange wings, mostly rimmed by black.
Scorpions
Scorpions have eight legs and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, and always ending with a stinger.
Brown Recluse
The recluse spiders also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders. They are venomous spiders known for their bite, which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism. Although recluse spiders are feared, they are usually not aggressive.
Mantids
Mantids. All stages predaceous; beneficial, although they will kill bees and butterflies. Occasionally come to lights, but often found in bushes, trees, or on bark.
Spider Wasp
Medium to large wasps with very long legs. Most dark blue or black; many with bright red or orange wings. Larger species (called “tarantula hawks”) attack tarantulas
Creepy Crawlers of New Mexico