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Zion National ParkFiery Searcher Beetle (and dinner)
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Zion National Park
Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes
 

Zion National Park is home to numberous species of insects, spiders. Below is just a few of those species.

 

Insects:
Tarantula Hawk/Pepsis Wasp - Pompilidae hemipepsis
Darkling Beetle - Tenebrionidae coelocnemis
Doodlebugs/Antlions - Myrmeleontidae neuroptera

Spiders:
Tarantula - Theraphosidae aphonopelma
 
The Great White Throne  

Did You Know?
Zion National Park is celebrating a "Century of Sanctuary" in 2009. Zion was set aside as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President William Howard Taft on July 31, 1909.
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Last Updated: December 27, 2007 at 12:21 EST