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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsParty in my bed last night! (arachnid warning)
I consider myself lucky as hell I only got stung twice, but right on my ass was pretty insulting!
Floyd R. Turbo
(26,762 posts)Kali
(55,032 posts)them and the damn rattlesnakes are making folks jumpy around here!
samnsara
(17,667 posts)I just ordered another bag of snake-away
Kali
(55,032 posts)we had a young rattler in the back yard yesterday, second for the season so far.
montanacowboy
(6,116 posts)is that a scorpion?
Kali
(55,032 posts)it is a momma and about 20 younguns.
Ptah
(33,057 posts)Kali
(55,032 posts)samnsara
(17,667 posts)...twice 5 yrs apart in the same area in my kitchen and once a yr ago in my garage...oh and on a SW flight!...right next to my seat. Im wondering if I didnt bring it in my carry on.. ewwwwww
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,028 posts)and in the summer we have mosquitoes and poison ivy, but one thing we don't have any of is fucking scorpions!
I'm sure it's lovely where you live but I'm staying here, where there aren't any scorpions.
Kali
(55,032 posts)"...with the northernmost natural occurrence of scorpions being the northern scorpion Paruroctonus boreus at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada 50° N"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion#Geographical_distribution
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,028 posts)in his entire career, and they probably came in from the south on produce. We get harmless pseudoscorpions but not the real ones, which aren't even included on the DNR's list of native insects. I'm quite confident I'll never find one in my bed or on my TP roll. However, I can supply you with all the mosquitoes and black flies you need.
Kali
(55,032 posts)for a few weeks in the fall
zanana1
(6,140 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,346 posts)And lavender plants.
Apparently the scorpions don't like it. And the bonus? Your bed will smell great and you will be calmer.
Kali
(55,032 posts)I do have a bar of lavender soap in a drawer near the bed, and a plant outside - it is one of my favorite scents, I will have to find some oil - worth a try anyway!
GoneOffShore
(17,346 posts)Then, in talking to friends here, found out that it does work.
And I just did a quick search and found this http://texashillcountry.com/lavender-natural-repellent-scorpions/
Nac Mac Feegle
(972 posts)Being in the Southwest, I've had a few....interactions.... with them myself.
A co-worker opened the door to a remote site, and had one drop down the back of his neck when he went through. He spent a few days in hospital after that. He was always very careful about the doors, too.
I was at another remote site one night, and picked up a piece of test equipment and had one go running for the door. Scared the crap out of me, it was right next to my hand. That was just a couple weeks ago.
I regularly see them skittering across the floor of my sites when I open the door and turn on the lights.
And rattlesnakes: I've seen them in pink, green, and black, aside from the 'usual' color scheme.
There's some info that they're not rattling as much anymore. It seems that the ones that buzz tend to get killed, so there's a bit of selection going on toward not giving the warning rattle. No warning if you're getting too close. THAT'S getting scary.
Once you've heard the rattle, you know what it is. It makes a sort of primal reaction that causes my hair to stand on end. And I don't have a lot of hair. =8-0
Kali
(55,032 posts)these days it is actually more unusual for one to buzz at you. and yeah, that is scary.
get a blacklight flashlight, they are kind of fun to hunt scorpions with. interestingly, momma fluoresces (is that a word?) but the babies don't. I am tempted to make a terrarium and see when they start to do so.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)We have rain and clouds and depression but at least it does not sting you on the ass.
Runningdawg
(4,533 posts)I was sitting cross legged, shucking corn, wearing short-shorts when one fell out and stung me on the....I DO NOT shuck corn to this day.
Glad we don't have those around here.
Peace