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BajaBlanca
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Scorpions
Whether from the heat, the humidity or just because, we seem to have more scorpions around than previous years. This was a monster one Les found on
the front porch:
It is upside down and looks prehistoric.
BUT, the worst situation happened just a couple days ago when Les jumps out of bed in the middle of the night, runs into the bathroom and says I've
been bitten by something!
so he comes back and sees a very small scorpion right on his side of the bed! I understand the smaller ones pack more punch - he said the pain was 8
on a scale of 10.
I have not pics of that one, it got smashed up really quickly.
[Edited on 10-1-2014 by BajaNomad]
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Bajahowodd
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Nasty critters. We spent many times house boating on Lake Powell. It was incredible how many scorpions were crawling around the rocks. They never
decided to navigate up our tie up lines and into the boat.
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AKgringo
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Did you know that scorpions glow when exposed to an ultraviolet light? I am not sure if it would be bright enough to use a black light as a night
light, but a fun fact to play with!
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willardguy
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BUT, the worst situation happened just a couple days ago when Les jumps out of bed in the middle of the night, runs into the bathroom and says I've
been bitten by something!
so he comes back and sees a very small scorpion right on his side of the bed! I understand the smaller ones pack more punch - he said the pain was 8
on a scale of 10.
I have not pics of that one, it got smashed up really quickly.
sooooo....where did it get him?
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shari
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Here too Blanca...some monsters and little ones...which is why I sleep in a tent all summer...no worry about nasty things in my bed because that is
where they really like to be! Make sure you shake out your shorts before putting them on too as I have found them in mine before.
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chuckie
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Blanca, the biggest one I haveevr seen was on your patio! Diane said she thought it was a lobster!
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ehall
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Killed this monster at work.
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DENNIS
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Small brown to gray critters are common here. Had one in my shoe once and he got me. it was kinda like a bee sting.
Now....those other nasty guys above...that's a different story. they will ruin your day.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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ehall
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These big ones would be like treating a stab wound.
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Bob and Susan
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you should get one of these...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/51-UV-LED-Scorpion-Detector-Hunter-F...
$11.79usa the beasts glow in the dark with these
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mrfatboy
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This is my scorpion collection. All drowned in the pool in the last 30 days.
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TLBaja79
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Whats the best remedy if you do get hit by one? knock on wood I have never been stung
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vandenberg
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Stung twice.
Comparable to a bee sting and nothing compared to a hit by a stingray.
wimps!!
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Ateo
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I think Benadryl helps if you've been stung. I don't know. Someone told my wife lavender repels them, but it never seems to work when we go to
Scorpion Bay.
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chuckie
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Screaming obscenities and Tequila infusion works.....
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LarryK
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In July, I woke up with something on my left chest, brushed it off then realized I had been stung 3 times on my left nipple area. Looking for that
sucker I got stung again on my left hand. Found him and cooked him with my Mosquito wand!
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Glidergeek
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Larry is that some kinda new foreplay?
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bajabuddha
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Treatment is Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and don't let the Doctors sue me for writing this, i'm really not trying to KILL ANYONE. You can put topical
Benadryl gel on the sting, take 25 to 50 mg's (one to two capsules) orally, and have a good nap too. Over the counter pain meds for the pain, or your
favorite prescription too. Also if you have it, Sleep-Eaze, Sominex, any over-the-counter sleep meds are nothing more than 50 mg. diphenhydramine
(generic). Or, any generic antihistamines; the 'poison' in the sting is a histamine, so..... anti the sucker. Chlortrimeton (sp?) is another old-time
effective generic.
IF-- after being whacked, you're having trouble breathing or swallowing, GET TO A MED FACILITY IMMEDIATELY, you're allergic. Don't try driving
yourself.
They're ugly, but no more than a bee/wasp sting depending on where you're whacked and how they sting you. I've played with them with welders' gloves,
and they not only bip-whack, but if 'threatened' they'll drill with their stinger too. Kewl kreachers, I think.... but I still moosh 'em.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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LarryK
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Hey Budda this is redlarry. I packed ice on all the spots, took away the pain, but was sore to the touch for 24 hrs.
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
Treatment is Benadryl (diphenhydramine) and don't let the Doctors sue me for writing this, i'm really not trying to KILL ANYONE. You can put topical
Benadryl gel on the sting, take 25 to 50 mg's (one to two capsules) orally, and have a good nap too. Over the counter pain meds for the pain, or your
favorite prescription too. Also if you have it, Sleep-Eaze, Sominex, any over-the-counter sleep meds are nothing more than 50 mg. diphenhydramine
(generic). Or, any generic antihistamines; the 'poison' in the sting is a histamine, so..... anti the sucker. Chlortrimeton (sp?) is another old-time
effective generic.
IF-- after being whacked, you're having trouble breathing or swallowing, GET TO A MED FACILITY IMMEDIATELY, you're allergic. Don't try driving
yourself.
They're ugly, but no more than a bee/wasp sting depending on where you're whacked and how they sting you. I've played with them with welders' gloves,
and they not only bip-whack, but if 'threatened' they'll drill with their stinger too. Kewl kreachers, I think.... but I still moosh 'em.
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Whale-ista
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Yowch! So sorry to hear about the stings Blanca.
So strange that they've come out all at once. I don't remember seeing even one when I was there in June.
Hope they disappear as quickly as they appeared and you have no more stings.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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