Gnome-ad - 9-17-2007 at 12:04 PM
While cleaning up after Henriette we came across a good size female black widow hanging out under the seat cushions of our hanging swing. Well, yes,
it had been on the ground for a year and a half under a tarp, but it could just as easily have been hanging in a shaded area of our property.
So just a reminder, though Baja has some pretty scary looking insects and spiders that will do you little harm, there are those that will do a number
on you if you poke into their abodes unannounced. The bite of the black widow is one of those ... will make you sick for about five days with bizarre
symptoms.
See the thread on scary bug for another nasty sting.
Edited for typo and add picture
[Edited on 9-18-2007 by Gnome-ad]
bajajudy - 9-17-2007 at 12:13 PM
I found my first ever scorpion in my house this morning. He was hiding under the bath mat.
Now we are into what I call the tropical shake. Before we use towels, put on clothes etc, we shake them out to make sure nothing is hiding in them.
Used to do it in the Caribbean but had become complacent here because in 10 years I had never seen one in my house. And of course if you wear real
shoes(we dont) shake them out for sure. They do love the toes of shoes.
I am sure that this guy arrived in my house when I brought all the cushions in the house from the porch in preparation for the hurricane. Next time
they will go into the bodega.
sneezerdog - 9-17-2007 at 03:59 PM
remind me not to stay in the bodega....
Baja&Back - 9-17-2007 at 06:46 PM
Wondered what those screams were.
We could hear them from Canada.
BajaWarrior - 9-17-2007 at 06:50 PM
Just got back from my beach house, ya, just now, nice and hot there.
Maybe this is a coincidence, but yesterday morning I found a big black Tarantula at my front screen door, and then a completely differant type of
Tarantula, more of a tan type and not as fuzzy, at my back screen door last night.
Both were caught and released further from my home without incident.
Years ago I saw large migrations of Tarantulas near L.A. Bay crossing the highway, anyone else seen this?
docsmom - 9-17-2007 at 08:18 PM
Baja Warrior,
Sounds like it was a good time to head away from the beach house.
Maybe you should bring reinforcements next time you go back.
bajadock - 9-17-2007 at 10:16 PM
bajajudy,
"tropical shake". Ilikeit, but make mine a pina colada or vodka/citrus martooni, por favor!
"...most react poorly when you attemp to debug them."
[Edited on 9-18-2007 by bajadock]
bug question.....
pacificobob - 9-18-2007 at 09:51 AM
we just returned from a week long stay at our casita in pescadero...granted it was just after the rains (a factor?)....we seemed to have a glut of
every type of crawling critter including 3 scorpions 
...my question is
this...was the rain a factor? do any of you use a preventive insectacide sprayed around the house?....and yes i started doing the clothing shake i
learned from years in belize. thanks in advance for your comments.