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[RedDakooter05]

Found this in my kitchen sink this morning...did Dave @AzScorpion ? transplant this when he drove thru NM? ? ?

Looks like it wants some belly rubs. I hope you gave it belly rubs.

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[AzScorpion]

Found this in my kitchen sink this morning...did Dave @AzScorpion ? transplant this when he drove thru NM? ? ?

It wasn't me my friend. In the 12 years I owned my house in AZ I've never seen one inside or out. I was so freaked out when I first went to AZ from people telling me all about scorpions and to make sure you always check your cloths and shoes. The first weeks I was shaking all my cloths and shoes out like a crazy person. Everyone always said to get a black light (because they glow) and walk around with it at night and see how many you have around. Yeah, that wasn't going to happen as I didn't really want to know!

Now thanks to @Whiplash post about the brown recluse spiders here in AR I'm about to do the same thing here. lol

 

[OrangeStreak]

It wasn't me my friend. In the 12 years I owned my house in AZ I've never seen one inside or out. I was so freaked out when I first went to AZ from people telling me all about scorpions and to make sure you always check your cloths and shoes. The first weeks I was shaking all my cloths and shoes out like a crazy person. Everyone always said to get a black light (because they glow) and walk around with it at night and see how many you have around. Yeah, that wasn't going to happen as I didn't really want to know!

Now thanks to @Whiplash post about the brown recluse spiders here in AR I'm about to do the same thing here. lol

This is the 1st scorpion I've ever seen in our state and we are supposed to have 25 species of them. A guy who used to do pest control here said that they prefer living outside but if the heat is too high they will come inside to cool off. This one was only about 1" long but the guy said it was a full grown adult. That's a relief knowing that their probably not nesting in my house...

 

[RedDakooter05]

This is the 1st scorpion I've ever seen in our state and we are supposed to have 25 species of them. A guy who used to do pest control here said that they prefer living outside but if the heat is too high they will come inside to cool off. This one was only about 1" long but the guy said it was a full grown adult. That's a relief knowing that their probably not nesting in my house...

Haha, thats what you think.



Check your pillows.

 

[OrangeStreak]

It wasn't me my friend. In the 12 years I owned my house in AZ I've never seen one inside or out. I was so freaked out when I first went to AZ from people telling me all about scorpions and to make sure you always check your cloths and shoes. The first weeks I was shaking all my cloths and shoes out like a crazy person. Everyone always said to get a black light (because they glow) and walk around with it at night and see how many you have around. Yeah, that wasn't going to happen as I didn't really want to know!

Now thanks to @Whiplash post about the brown recluse spiders here in AR I'm about to do the same thing here. lol

I got to thinking about how the scorpion got into my house and here's a possibility. A tree came up in my yard which grew out of an underground root from my neighbor's tree.

I liked it but it got to the size where it could have effected my sewer and water lines from its roots...it was 11' high. The day before I found the scorpion, I decided to cut the tree down but don't have a chain saw...left mine in Texas...

I had to cut it down by hand and it was difficult to get the saw and axe around the base because the tree was positioned in a tight corner between the house and the fireplace wall so more time consuming than usual. While doing the job, the scorpion ? could have gotten on to my clothes and unknowing carried it inside the house... ?

 

[AzScorpion]

I got to thinking about how the scorpion got into my house and here's a possibility. A tree came up in my yard which grew out of an underground root from my neighbor's tree.

I liked it but it got to the size where it could have effected my sewer and water lines from its roots...it was 11' high. The day before I found the scorpion, I decided to cut the tree down but don't have a chain saw...left mine in Texas...

I had to cut it down by hand and it was difficult to get the saw and axe around the base because the tree was positioned in a tight corner between the house and the fireplace wall so more time consuming than usual.

While doing the job, the scorpion ? could have gotten on to my clothes and unknowing carried it inside the house... ?

Good theory but did you ever think they're all now all crawling up through your kitchen drain lines and you'll soon have a whole house full of them? Now have fun sleeping tonight knowing your house might be infested with scorpions.??? ?

 

[OrangeStreak]

Good theory but did you ever think they're all now all crawling up through your kitchen drain lines and you'll soon have a whole house full of them? Now have fun sleeping tonight knowing your house might be infested with scorpions.??? ?

When I think of that will remember how you are dealing with the brown recluse spiders... ? That will ease some of my pain...

 

[OrangeStreak]

Good theory but did you ever think they're all now all crawling up through your kitchen drain lines and you'll soon have a whole house full of them? Now have fun sleeping tonight knowing your house might be infested with scorpions.??? ?

Edit: When I think of that will remember how you are dealing with the brown recluse spiders ? and banjo music. That will ease some of my pain...

 

[Whiplash]

Not sure how Dave feels around snakes...
My self , having grown up in San Deigo county and spent alot of time in the foot hills and deserts with probably 100+ encounters with rattle snakes, I learned to respect but not fear them...
Now I can tell my " only happens in the Ozarks" story , scariest snake ever...
I was invited to go night fishing with a co-
worker...he is an avid fisherman and has
Cashed out in numerous tournaments...we were casting artificials into the bank of the
lake, I hung my lure up in a over hanging tree,....he maneuvered the boat into position for me to retrieve my lure...I could reach it while still seated ....next thing I know something falls out of the tree lands on my head , and ends up in my lap !!!...,I brush it off my lap into the bottom of the boat and jump overboard....captain kills the snake , a 5' - 6' Cotton Mouth / Water Moccasin.....he spends the rest of the night , having laughing fits and calling me
a " Girly Man ". .have heard this story told at least 3 other times,,, My advice is if your neighbor invites you to go night fishing.....
DECLINE......

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[AzScorpion]

Not sure how Dave feels around snakes...
My self , having grown up in San Deigo county and spent alot of time in the foot hills and deserts with probably 100+ encounters with rattle snakes, I learned to respect but not fear them...
Now I can tell my " only happens in the Ozarks" story , scariest snake ever...
I was invited to go night fishing with a co-
worker...he is an avid fisherman and has
Cashed out in numerous tournaments...we were casting artificials into the bank of the
lake, I hung my lure up in a over hanging tree,....he maneuvered the boat into position for me to retrieve my lure...I could reach it while still seated ....next thing I know something falls out of the tree lands on my head , and ends up in my lap !!!...,I brush it off my lap into the bottom of the boat and jump overboard....captain kills the snake , a 5' - 6' Cotton Mouth / Water Moccasin.....he spends the rest of the night , having laughing fits and calling me
a " Girly Man ". .have heard this story told at least 3 other times,,, My advice is if your neighbor invites you to go night fishing.....
DECLINE......

.

Snakes don't really bother me to much, I don't love them but don't hate them either. But I sure wouldn't want one landing on my head or lap!

Having hiked a lot in the desert and surrounding areas I was well aware of them and was always on the look out for them especially on cool mornings. They like to stretch out over the trails and warm themself in the morning sun. But thanks, now you've given me a reason to not become friends with all my neighbors once the house is built. All the ones across the street are on the lake and own boats and now I'll have this stuck in my head along with the brown recluse spiders! ?

 

[5thranger]

When I think of that will remember how you are dealing with the brown recluse spiders... ? That will ease some of my pain...

And dealing with the cross eyed banjo picker looking at him like a piece of meat he is getting ready to devour.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

I was going to spare everyone the gory details , but here is my Recluse story...

Was at the girlfriend's house boat on Table Rock Lake, I left my swim trunks on the railing overnight...Recluse in my trunks...
3 bites to my pubic area...3 boils , that after a week finally came to head, and I was able squeeze out the cores that had the consistency of tooth paste ...???

She bought that?

Sounds like a “Tractor Story” to me.

 

[5thranger]

She bought that?

Sounds like a “Tractor Story” to me.

I threw up thinking about squeezing those

 

[OrangeStreak]

Roadrunners everywhere. This one was watching me while I was doing yard work this morning...

It is our State bird. They are majestic and intriguing to watch...

 

[LaBalbe]

Not sure how Dave feels around snakes...
My self , having grown up in San Deigo county and spent alot of time in the foot hills and deserts with probably 100+ encounters with rattle snakes, I learned to respect but not fear them...
Now I can tell my " only happens in the Ozarks" story , scariest snake ever...
I was invited to go night fishing with a co-
worker...he is an avid fisherman and has
Cashed out in numerous tournaments...we were casting artificials into the bank of the
lake, I hung my lure up in a over hanging tree,....he maneuvered the boat into position for me to retrieve my lure...I could reach it while still seated ....next thing I know something falls out of the tree lands on my head , and ends up in my lap !!!...,I brush it off my lap into the bottom of the boat and jump overboard....captain kills the snake , a 5' - 6' Cotton Mouth / Water Moccasin.....he spends the rest of the night , having laughing fits and calling me
a " Girly Man ". .have heard this story told at least 3 other times,,, My advice is if your neighbor invites you to go night fishing.....
DECLINE......

.

When I was about 10 or so, I was at summer camp, and took part in a 3-day hike. As we get back to camp, and approach our cabin, we notice that there's this big ole water moccasin trying to get through a crack between the door and the door jamb. Counselors beat it to death with a couple of sticks. Turned out that it was a pregnant mama looking for a place to lay her eggs. If we'd have been even a half-hour later, she might have gotten in and we'd have had a nest of eggs in our bunks.

Years later, when I was in the service in Africa, one of the guys went to go relieve himself, came back white as a fresh sheet of paper, and he wasn't even Caucasian to begin with. Turns out that while he was "watering the tree", a green mamba came up slithering between his legs...

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