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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:24:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: leadnbrass]
Luckily the inside intruders seem to be normal but the ones outside are everywhere.
Just came back from a walk around the neighborhood...spotted 10 of the fuckers...though there are now 10 less. Notice more than usual where you are? |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:26:38 PM EDT
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Yep. Property in Centerville. Always finding the little bastards inside. They hurt like a damn wasp sting
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:31:12 PM EDT
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Please keep your death from above shit down there.
This one was cute, and dead. On my ceiling…..  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:32:11 PM EDT
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I've killed four in the house already this year. Scorpions, fire ants, and ticks all seem to be worse than usual.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:33:16 PM EDT
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 Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane (Official Music Video) Sorry - had to be done. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:35:11 PM EDT
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I have a young orange cat that kills and eats every bug it encounters before I see them. I just find bits and pieces.
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USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:36:50 PM EDT
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I lived somewhere with a legitimate scorpion infestation. We’d find five or six a week stuck on the sticky traps inside the house and another one or two inside the house each week as I hunted with a blacklight before bed. We had professional pest control and I sprayed inside also. Those fuckers drove me crazy and I was also hyper vigilant because they were the Arizona Bark Scorpion.
We moved as quick as we were able but it wasn’t soon enough. I still have nightmares about finding scorpions in my bed, shoes, and towels. If I remember right, @couch-commando lived in Arizona his whole life and never got stung. The week he was packing up to move, he got stung. Fuckers. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:48:25 PM EDT
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Never seen one at my home, probably because it used to be cotton fields, lots of pesticides were used in the past I am sure.
Did have a quite a few Black Widows though, mud wasps took care of them. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:55:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 80085: I lived somewhere with a legitimate scorpion infestation. We'd find five or six a week stuck on the sticky traps inside the house and another one or two inside the house each week as I hunted with a blacklight before bed. We had professional pest control and I sprayed inside also. Those fuckers drove me crazy and I was also hyper vigilant because they were the Arizona Bark Scorpion. We moved as quick as we were able but it wasn't soon enough. I still have nightmares about finding scorpions in my bed, shoes, and towels. If I remember right, @couch-commando lived in Arizona his whole life and never got stung. The week he was packing up to move, he got stung. Fuckers. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 10:57:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 80085: I lived somewhere with a legitimate scorpion infestation. We’d find five or six a week stuck on the sticky traps inside the house and another one or two inside the house each week as I hunted with a blacklight before bed. We had professional pest control and I sprayed inside also. Those fuckers drove me crazy and I was also hyper vigilant because they were the Arizona Bark Scorpion. We moved as quick as we were able but it wasn’t soon enough. I still have nightmares about finding scorpions in my bed, shoes, and towels. If I remember right, @couch-commando lived in Arizona his whole life and never got stung. The week he was packing up to move, he got stung. Fuckers. Lived in east Texas. Some nights, early in my stay there, we'd find 15-20 in traps, running, or dead on the floor. Orkin guy said he'd never seen so many before 5 years in that miserable fucking house and I had to have killed 2000 on that property. No one was ever stung, thank God |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:05:53 PM EDT
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LOL
And.. Demon WP is your friend. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:06:18 PM EDT
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I remember seeing scorpions when I was a kid, but haven't seen one in a very long time. My problem is Brown Recluse spiders. I either need to find something I can use or hire an exterminator.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:06:42 PM EDT
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I'm starting to get annoyed. I bought some Onslaught Fastcap I need to get around to spraying. I have a pair of test subjects on hand to see if it's legit or not.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:08:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:10:47 PM EDT
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Only found a few in the last couple decades here in west TX. Almost stepped on an albino looking one in a new house/ development area. Dude was just lurking in the hallway at night. Used to see them a lot more as a kid. Guy I knew was real good at picking them up by the stinger.
Haven’t had a car covered in splattered insects in quite a while either. Short trips out of town used to cover my bumper and windshield. Took a trip to FL to rack up the same bug body count. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:16:05 PM EDT
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People make fun of Cleveland but we don't have scorpions
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:18:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By centex_SR-15: I'm starting to get annoyed. I bought some Onslaught Fastcap I need to get around to spraying. I have a pair of test subjects on hand to see if it's legit or not. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/260794/IMG_1907-3205834.jpg Throw one into the container with the other and post the result. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:19:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ohio_Bill: People make fun of Cleveland but we don't have scorpions Toledo doesn't either. There is a reason I like to live where the air hurts my face. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:25:01 PM EDT
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The widow is pretty fast, I think she'd be on the scorpion, envenomate it and be off to wait for the venom to take effect before he knew what was happening.
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ID, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:25:18 PM EDT
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Had a weird dream about scorpions last night but have never actually encountered one.
None here in N. ID and was very vigilant to shake my boots out during my times in the box at Ft Irwin. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:32:45 PM EDT
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I haven't seen any recently. They like crickets. Get rid of the crickets and they will look elsewhere for food. Of course, there will be a few scorpions that didn't get the memo.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:36:52 PM EDT
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Kills AZ Scorpions, safe for Alice Cooper.
It should work on TX Scorpions. Buy online at doityourselfpestcontrol.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:37:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By terrafirma: Had a weird dream about scorpions last night but have never actually encountered one. None here in N. ID and was very vigilant to shake my boots out during my times in the box at Ft Irwin. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:40:22 PM EDT
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We supposedly have them here. In 25 years of living here, have not seen one outside of petco!
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:47:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DKUltra: We supposedly have them here. In 25 years of living here, have not seen one outside of petco! |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:54:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By engineer1371: Toledo doesn't either. There is a reason I like to live where the air hurts my face. That’s the refinery |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 5/4/2024 11:59:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: OscarD]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Spleenless-Dave: I remember seeing scorpions when I was a kid, but haven't seen one in a very long time. My problem is Brown Recluse spiders. I either need to find something I can use or hire an exterminator. Killed one in my bathroom last year. Little brown fucker about 1.5” long. Was sitting on the commode growing a monkey tail and it came around the corner from behind the vanity and casually crawled its way close enough to stomp on. Brown recluse infestations are best resolved by fire and an up to date home insurance policy. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:00:43 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By centex_SR-15: I'm starting to get annoyed. I bought some Onslaught Fastcap I need to get around to spraying. I have a pair of test subjects on hand to see if it's legit or not. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/260794/IMG_1907-3205834.jpg 
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ID, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:01:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Windustsearch: You're mostly not going to see them unless you go out looking under rocks. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Windustsearch: Originally Posted By DKUltra: We supposedly have them here. In 25 years of living here, have not seen one outside of petco! Or using a black light to find the glowies |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:30:54 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By leadnbrass: Luckily the inside intruders seem to be normal but the ones outside are everywhere. Just came back from a walk around the neighborhood...spotted 10 of the fuckers...though there are now 10 less. Notice more than usual where you are? |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:41:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: USMC7382]
[#30]
College Station, TX area (generally speaking). Last year wasn’t bad and this year only four so far with one outside.
Some years we kill them by the dozens. Red wasps are also a thing. Only one coral snake this year, last year had three around the house. I’ll take all of that plus more to live out in the country. We live way out here to enjoy God’s creation. I can take the kids outside at night and we can see the stars. ETA: That was post 556. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:44:31 AM EDT
[#31]
We had scorpions when I lived in Oklahoma. Could always count on 2 or 3 running out when we opened the hangar door. Hated those little bastards.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:49:25 AM EDT
[#32]
MAP gas plumbing torch and a Black light make hunting fun
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:57:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DMG-LDS: MAP gas plumbing torch and a Black light make hunting fun I’d sump the plane’s tanks and pour it on them before lighting it. They positively hated that. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:01:46 AM EDT
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What part of Texas? I've lived in Denton County for 18 years and have only seen 1, and that was 17 years ago.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:53:16 AM EDT
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Spray this inside and out every 3 months and you'll never see another one again. I'm not kidding.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0093NBOBE?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 1:58:40 AM EDT
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Freaking stepped on one barefoot when I was 14.
Hurt like a MFer… |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:02:19 AM EDT
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Arizona really was a gas
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:17:14 AM EDT
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My chickens have kept them culled.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:26:33 AM EDT
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So far caught three mice, killed a scorpion in the tub, and almost stepped on a night snake.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:28:03 AM EDT
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Fuck scorpions, rattle snakes, and giant spiders.
This is why I live where the air hurts my face. Those bastards can't survive it. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:46:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Threefingers: So far caught three mice, killed a scorpion in the tub, and almost stepped on a night snake. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 2:56:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TimeIsMoney: WTF is a night snake? We don't have any of that stuff here. We have rain, lots of rain. But we plan to move in the next couple of years. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TimeIsMoney: Originally Posted By Threefingers: So far caught three mice, killed a scorpion in the tub, and almost stepped on a night snake. Night snakes are harmless little dudes. They eat lizards. I also have tarantulas that get caught in the pool skimmer. I try not to kill them. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 3:00:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rat_Patrol: Fuck scorpions, rattle snakes, and giant spiders. This is why I live where the air hurts my face. Those bastards can't survive it. Yup. This is why I prefer to live in a northern state. When it’s bitter fucking cold outside I smile knowing all that shit is dying. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 3:00:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rat_Patrol: Fuck scorpions, rattle snakes, and giant spiders. This is why I live where the air hurts my face. Those bastards can't survive it. Yup. This is why I prefer to live in a northern state. When it’s bitter fucking cold outside I smile knowing all that shit is dying. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 3:21:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: That’s the refinery Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ToledoXJ: Originally Posted By engineer1371: Toledo doesn't either. There is a reason I like to live where the air hurts my face. That’s the refinery 
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Posted: 5/5/2024 3:32:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redseven11b: Lived in east Texas. Some nights, early in my stay there, we'd find 15-20 in traps, running, or dead on the floor. Orkin guy said he'd never seen so many before 5 years in that miserable fucking house and I had to have killed 2000 on that property. No one was ever stung, thank God 
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Posted: 5/5/2024 3:44:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By motoguzzi: Never seen one at my home, probably because it used to be cotton fields, lots of pesticides were used in the past I am sure. Did have a quite a few Black Widows though, mud wasps took care of them. In all my years in AZ (40), I've probably seen less than 10, and that's with hiking around the Phoenix area, Flagstaff, Sedona, and the rim. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:33:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: pale_pony]
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Our cabin in tge woods at Tenkiller was that way. Get a cat
Get several cats Cats can see scorpions as if they glow in the dark The black light thing with scorpions comes built-in to a cat, and their fur is too deep for a scorpions stinger to penetrate to contact flesh |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:43:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ohio_Bill: People make fun of Cleveland but we don't have scorpions Yeah but it is Cleveland. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 7:46:41 AM EDT
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I've had years where I killed a couple every week inside the house.
I got one inside on a sticky trap last week and I've seen a bunch outside this year. Hopefully they'll stay outside. |
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