1. Ant Lion Larvae Phylum: ArthropodaPrey: Ants

2. Ant Lion Hole

3. Ant Lion Trap

4. Tarantula Hawks

5. Tarantula Hawks Facts Actually is a type of wasp Hunts tarantulas Sting paralyzes tarantula forever Lays single egg in tarantula Once egg hatches, larvae eats tarantula inside out Sting is most painful sting out of all North American wasps

6. King Snake

7. King Snake Facts Feeds on snakes primarily, but will feed on turtles, frogs, birds, bird eggs, and small mammals Famous for eating rattlesnakes, copperheads, and coral snakes Immune to snakes venom Kills by suffocation, much like a Boa Constrictor

8. Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Yummy! ^^ Includes: Scorpions, spiders, ticks, mites

9. Class Aves Includes: Owls, eagles, sparrows, chicken, Duck, pigeon, penguin I’m looking at you!

10. Class Reptilia 1 Order: Squamata Includes: snakes and lizards

11. Class Reptilia(cont.)

12. Class Reptilia 2 Order: Chelonia Includes: Turtles

13. Class Osteichthyes Desert Pupfish

14. Class Amphibia Bullfrogs Order: Anura Includes: Frogs and Toads

15. Class Mammalia

16. Phyla and Classes Not Present in the Desert Platyhelminthes Nematoda Annelida Mollusca Chondrichthyes

17. bibliography http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html www.blueplanetbiomes.org http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd _aquatic_insects.htmlhttp://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd _aquatic_insects.html