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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTI8
Fear the Arizona Bark Scorpion! They say those can be fatal. Do they have those kind of deadly ones in La Baja? What type of scorpion is the one
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The only ones I have seen in Todos Santos are one to three inches long and the smaller they are, the more translucent.
Of course, I have not lived through an "insect season" .... yet .
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTI8
What type of scorpion is the one stinging people in La Baja that appears to be no big deal. Any pictures? |
No pics, David. It's a scrawny, brown to gray little guy. I've seen small babies, I guess, but nothing longer than one and a half inches after
being stepped on.
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This is one that I zapped last night. It's about 2 inches long. The one that got my son was about 3 inches long and I've seen them 5 inches here
before.
[Edited on 6-21-2008 by joel]
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
allright!!!
where is the BEST place to get a good BLACKLIGHT ???
have to have one...you are making me a beliver |
oh good. I can send BigWooo over to join you on nighttime bug expeditions. I'm sure he gets lonely when he takes off with a flashlight in search of
cool bugs.
From inside the house or camper I'll often hear "Hey, come look at this!" coming from somewhere in the inky blackness.
me trying to sound enthusiastic "oh yes dear, that's a nice one  "
Safe is one thing, but I really don't want to know what's lurking out there in the night or I'll be sitting indian-style in my chair all the
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I agree! There are somethings I am better off not knowing or not only would I be sitting with my legs up, I would NEVER sleep. 
We have two species in Bahia Asuncion, from what our friends tell us. It was one of the little ones that got me, and one of the big ones that got
John. He ran to find me so I could see the one that got him---I was thrilled.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Thanks everyone. But, just to get clarification! Does La Baja have scorpions as deadly as the Arizona Bark Scorpions that can kill
you?
Even though I asked the question before getting the answer I popped over to the site Ron pointed out and bought a 14 LED Black Light for my next trip
to see Mama.
Those are some nasty boogers aren't they. Where I live I have Black Widow Spiders the size of half dollars legs and all.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Thank you Grover. I did not see that before you changed the color to blood red to catch my
attention. Forgive me as I am an old man.
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DENNIS
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All of those things above may be Gods Creatures but, they need to be stomped.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
All of those things above may be Gods Creatures but, they need to be stomped. |
Agreed!
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Regarding the bed posts in the cans; I have some friends who live in Cruz de Huanacaxtle mainland and as scorpion defense they have all their bedposts
sitting in cans of Kerosene as opposed to water.........
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Halboo
Regarding the bed posts in the cans; I have some friends who live in Cruz de Huanacaxtle mainland and as scorpion defense they have all their bedposts
sitting in cans of Kerosene as opposed to water......... |
Yuk! Can't imagine.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Halboo
Regarding the bed posts in the cans; I have some friends who live in Cruz de Huanacaxtle mainland and as scorpion defense they have all their bedposts
sitting in cans of Kerosene as opposed to water......... |
Ahhh, the uses of Kerosene or as I knew it in Mexico "Coal oil." It was used on us as kids as a delouser and I have seen it used as stated above. Just
be careful not to smoke if you were recently deloused and never, ever smoke in bed or else...
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