First off, I DO NOT do bugs, at all. Especially ones that can kill me.
I’m still incredibly anxious, copy/paste from Wiki. Deal with it.
The Arizona bark scorpion is a small light brown scorpion common to the southwest United States.
The bark scorpion is the most venomous scorpion in North America, and its venom can cause severe pain (coupled with numbness and tingling) in adult humans, typically lasting between 24 to 72 hours.
Things I learned:
- They can run pretty fast
- Ikea furniture does not move well, nor quickly
- Check your shoes before you put them on. Scorpions can crawl inside and wait to sting you when you put them on
- I do not manage bug related stress well
Actual bug in my apartment.
Better Resolution example from Wiki
If I don’t make it to work tomorrow, someone please call 911.
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I was wondering whether or not I'd be able to sleep tonight. This answered that question.
On a related note, I told my bug guy, Bob, that his mission in life was to make it so I never saw a scorpion.
So far so good.
But even though your apartment is a few blocks away, I think I'll call him tomorrow and give him a heads up that he needs to come back and triple-check my yard.
Oh, and you can be sure that I'll never put on a shoe again without checking for scorpions.
My cousin got a dead cricket in his salad at Baker's Square once and I still check restaurant salads before I eat them.
So I realize this is from the Wiki page that Junior linked to but:
*A female bark scorpion usually gives birth to between 25-35 young. Um, ew.
* And really, they can survive being frozen and a nuclear bomb?
Junior… we have a guest room. Call me at home if you want to sleep here tonight- I can't imagine you'll get much sleep at home.
I made it through the night. I think I worried myself into exhaustion. Thanks for the offer, though.
Wiki said they're usually solitary creatures, so I didn't think there'd by like a swarm of them.
While nearly all scorpions are solitary, the bark scorpion is a rare exception: during winter, packs of 20 to 30 scorpions can congregate.
AHHH!
OK – so I have to ask. What did you do with the scorpion?
Also, welcome to the blag!
Trapped it in a glass with a postcard and threw it in a dumpster…and cried like an infant.
OOOH- you're in troub-le.
It's about respect, Junior. Nice job changing "girl" to "infant" but TOO LATE.
BUT I FIXED IT… AHH
For whatever reason whenever I see "Arizona Bark Scorpion" I read "Arizona Bank Scorpion"
You have scorpions at your bank? Remind me not to make any withdrawals.
Also, I'm probably too vengeful to have let it live after causing me that kind of scare. I one time caught a tick at work, so I glued him to a post-it note and burned it hours later after I got home…
DON'T MESS WITH ME, ARACHNIDS!!!
Also, there is a spider in the garage that Kalena wants me to kill, but he scares me, so I won't.
Man up and kill the spider.
(he says from several thousand miles away knowing that if the spider was in his garage he'd have the exact same reaction)
Seconded, man up.
And what is Kalena doing in the garage? Tell her to get back in the kitchen!
Junior- I almost forgot…
Bob the bug guy said you should get a cat. I guess they do a good job of scaring off the scorpions.
Jeff's cat would catch the scorpion, but then wouldn't know what to do.
My cat would yell at the scorpion loudly.
Kalena's cat would… probably be sleeping through the entire process.
Maybe, but her cat would have an equal chance of intimidating the scorpion with his incredible tallness.