While not that “Rare”, and not even a specific species, I’m going to be trying my hardest to find Ticks next year, I’ve been wanting to see them for a while and just haven’t had any luck…
Ice Crawlers (Grylloblattidae), a weird kind of insect that lives on glacial and snowy mountains, considering those are at a huge risk of disappearing all together due to climate change, I really want to see them in case they’re wiped out. (Of course, I’m not making it easy on myself and going to areas where they’re well documented, I want to try to find some of the populations not on iNat yet)
Camel Spiders (Solifugae), there’s been a surprising amount of them uploaded around me, so I would love to finally find some of them, even if they’re not easily identifiable
Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus), everyone around me seems to have stories of finding these guys, including my family in our own yard, but I haven’t had any luck. Going to keep my eyes peeled because it’s really a beautiful species and it would make my whole year.
Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus), these aren’t even that uncommon over here I’ve just somehow never seen them