DavidE
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 12-1-2003
Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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ALACRANES? BASTA YA!
Ultraviolet Light makes alacranes glow like a neon tube in drim light or darkness. For several years I used a powerful and expensive UV fluorescent
lamp to take a walk around camp and "escort" the unwanted arachnids way the heck and gone away from me. Well the lamp finally died probably of old age
and I just couldn't cough up a couple hundred dollars for a new one.
So I found a battery powered LED hand lamp at:
http://www.ledwholesalers.com
For seventeen dollars and change.
On the surface this subject sounds kind of petty. But after getting nailed a few times by those smaller pale yellow-green scorpions I felt less
inclined to balk at spending the money for an UV lamp.
It doesn't take a trained eye to spot a scorpion using an UV lamp in dim light, they fluoresce like crazy. Good for looking at minerals, spotting
counterfeit banknotes, etc.
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durrelllrobert
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Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
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Mood: thriving in Baja
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| Quote: | | It doesn't take a trained eye to spot a scorpion using an UV lamp in dim light, they fluoresce like crazy. Good for looking at minerals, spotting
counterfeit banknotes, etc. |
...and bed bugs in your hotel room 
Bob Durrell
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Bugman
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Registered: 9-20-2006
Location: Escondido
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I had a lot of fun with my kids walking around with one of those UV LED flashlights at night around our camp in Agua Verde two weeks ago. We found
lots of scorpions that way. They really do stick out big time. It also helped big time to make the little rugrats a bit more wary of their
surroundings. 
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bajalou
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Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
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You can get a UV cap light at Wal Mart for 9.98. Or you could a couple months ago.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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Tbone
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Registered: 2-25-2008
Location: So Cal
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| Quote: | | ...and bed bugs in your hotel room |
These lights will show allot more then just bed bugs...look, if you dare, at the ceiling, walls, headboard, carpet etc. DNA from the many who preceded
you. Now go sleep in the car.
Mas Pacifico
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toneart
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Registered: 7-23-2006
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Mood: Skeptical
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by Tbone
...and bed bugs in your hotel room |
These lights will show allot more then just bed bugs...look, if you dare, at the ceiling, walls, headboard, carpet etc. DNA from the many who preceded
you. Now go sleep in the car. |
Wah! I think I don't want one. 
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DanO
Super Nomad
Posts: 1923
Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: Not far from the Pacific
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by Tbone
...and bed bugs in your hotel room |
These lights will show allot more then just bed bugs...look, if you dare, at the ceiling, walls, headboard, carpet etc. DNA from the many who preceded
you. Now go sleep in the car. |
Ceiling? Impressive.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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