best AZ bug places?

I'm going to be in your state ~June 13-19. can anyone recommend areas of AZ that are good for bugs? general areas would be useful in addition to specific parks/cities... I'm especially interested in heros, after that non-myg arachnids and insects.

thanks

hey man welcome here, I am gonna be in Arizona in July to hunt with Josh so maybe you will show up also

cool, so far I have no definite plans and I'll likely be going around a large part of the state... where are you going to be hunting?

Heh Josh will be the one in the know as these are all his haunts. we will be collecting a select few animals for a breeding program. Mainly dwarves and whatever else is neet

oh, D. granti would be really cool to find also.

D. granti are an august find. heros are a possibility in many areas. the pajaritos are a good place for heros.

ok, i have a plan:

around gila bend
portal
petrified forest
canyon de chelly
flagstaff
vegas

any recommendations?

well to me it is all new so any plan is good to me

eh... pulk... are you planning on going to all those places in one trip??????????????????? if u are...... YOUR CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

do this for me..... make a list of what species are your priority in order of most importance to least. from there, we will base your trip. portal is AWESOME! the otehr places u listed kinda suck man. i dont know what u are wanting to look for in those places.... but i have an idea based on the location... and i can tell u, there are better spots. so get that list posted and ILL plan your trip for ya! lol.....

yeah, portal is the only place i'm going specifically for bugs. the others are for natural structures/things my parents want to see. (and i hope to find -something- there)

i'd most like to find heros, after that other pedes, true spiders and other arachnids, and after those non-T mygalomorphs and insects... there aren't really any specific species i'm looking for.

those places aren't set in stone, if you have suggestions for places roughly close to those areas that would be awesome.

well, if you are going for sight seeing... then go anywhere. most of these things can be found almost anywhere. portal is alright for bug hunting. the pajaritos are the coolest for bug hunting.

where are the pajaritos? i found a couple different places with google.

the pajaritos are just west of nogales. there is only ONE pajarito mts. they are THE mountain range! some of the coolest stuff in the US is found there.

looks like that would be a ~2hr detour... probably won't be able to make it there. =\

well, portal is still beautiful and one of my fav places to go. there are really cool critters there too. youll enjoy it.