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04/12/2007 04:46:34 AM · #1 |
... in my bedroom. I shot at it with some insect spray, but I can't find the sucker and it could be anywhere. So here I sit in the middle of the night, reading thread after thread.
I thought I would amuse y'all with this.
Earlier today, there was a sidewinder on the path as I was coming home. I wonder if Mother Nature is trying to tell me something. |
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04/12/2007 04:48:48 AM · #2 |
Hmmmmmmm....SCorpion = Insect?????? Get a challenge entry of its barb entering your foot and enter the challenge...but be prepared for lots of DNMCs
Hope you get a good nights sleep eventually |
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04/12/2007 04:50:32 AM · #3 |
:) |
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04/12/2007 04:53:01 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
:) |
I swear, I would have, but it was fast like wind. Miracle I saw it at all. |
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04/12/2007 04:54:00 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Redjulep: I swear, I would have, but it was fast like wind. Miracle I saw it at all. |
Git yer flashlight and yer camra and start huntin! :) |
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04/12/2007 04:58:03 AM · #6 |
Cool, a scorpion! We don't have nasties like them (or snakes) down here. It's nice being safe but it makes things like scorpions all the more intersting.
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04/12/2007 04:59:10 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao: Originally posted by Redjulep: I swear, I would have, but it was fast like wind. Miracle I saw it at all. |
Git yer flashlight and yer camra and start huntin! :) |
You know, I did consider getting out my black light. Scorpions show up under it. |
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04/12/2007 05:04:59 AM · #8 |
Well, it's 2 AM. I'm going to go for it and hit the sack. If I'm not back in eight hours, send the search party. |
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04/12/2007 08:06:43 AM · #9 |
Here's a tip if you still haven't caught the bugger: A black light could help you find it. It might be hard to find with a normal flashlight or whatever, but a blacklight will make them glow nicely. Get a bucket and some tongs to catch it and maybe release it back into the desert. Good luck!
(not my photo) |
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04/12/2007 08:17:38 AM · #10 |
Wow - they must be out in force! Yesterday morning, for the very first time in 30 years, we found a scorpion in our kitchen. My dog narrowly missed getting stung by it, and my son managed to kill it. But it sure makes me nervous - can't help but feel if there's one, there are others here. I keep looking around, worried I'll step on one in my bare feet. Hope you got some sleep. They're so creepy, aren't they? |
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04/12/2007 08:20:39 AM · #11 |
They're not insects I don't think, like spiders they are arachnids.
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04/12/2007 08:26:54 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by Konador: They're not insects I don't think, like spiders they are arachnids. |
You're right.
Message edited by author 2007-04-12 08:27:37. |
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04/12/2007 02:11:02 PM · #13 |
Ah - I live to see another day.
No more scorpion sightings. The little bugger could be anywhere by now... resting comfortably under my bed or back out in the desert. I don't mind them at all when they're outside, but inside... not so much fun. And they are impervious to any attempts to kill them. You practically have to decapitate a scorpion to make it stop living - it's all the amour. And yes, they belong to the family of arachnids. Not suitable for the Insect challenge - maybe the Things That Give You the Whim-Whams challenge. |
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