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Better stick to Barry Manilow or Liza guy.
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
What a time for this topic as I was just stung by a scorpion this last Saturday doing dishes. It was apparently hiding in the wash rag I was using, but did not get me until the last dish. It was painful. I had seen a few outside from time to time, but this is the first I have seen inside since we moved in in 2003.
Better stick to Barry Manilow or Liza guy.
Here I am, rock you like a hurricane
I'm a scorpio and I really rock.
If you have a 2 year old, the chemicals are worse than the potential for stings, in my opinion.
A sting might give an allergic reaction, but that fades and is very treatable.
Pesticides and chemicals can cause lasting damage and nasty health things down the road.
Fire ants kill ticks. Ranchers have been actually reversing fire ant eradication efforts after finding out this bit by transplanting colonies to areas where they initially killed the ants.
Fire ants are nasty and mean, but Ticks carry even nastier diseases.
That was a good one.
Very witty Katy!
How has the Puki squad been doing?
I've lost a game in all of my leagues.
Oh well, who goes unbeaten right?
My Puki Squad is 0-3. It's extremely disappointing, but I'm not giving up yet. And what do you mean you've lost? Don't you have Peyton Manning on all of your teams?
That was a good one.
Very witty Katy!
How has the Puki squad been doing?
I've lost a game in all of my leagues.
Oh well, who goes unbeaten right?
Every time??? Katy, Queen of the Desert.
I'm a Queen!
I'll bet it was Weird Al that did it...
Here's a freaky fact about scorpions that I've never read anywhere but know from personal experience...scorpions LOVE to hang out in dirty clothes hampers. Be careful when you're gathering your clothes on wash day...more than a few times I've been startled by a nice big scorp in my hamper. Once I had gathered up a pile of clothes and carried them from the bedroom to the wash room, dropped it on the floor infront of the washer, and a fat one magically appeared from under a shirt. Scared the outta me.
They also like to hang out in socks.
I was putting on my socks early one morning for a run and when I got my shoes on, it felt like someone was putting a cigarette out on my heel. After I whipped my shoe off and nothing came out and the cigarette wasn't out yet, I pulled off the sock and found the nasty bas .
Random, if you're worried about the chemicals, try spreading a little diatomaceous earth around.
Green Light's Bioganic works pretty good too, but you have to spray it right on the scorpion. And be careful where you spray it because the label says it can stain certain fabrics...
I think Im going to go with Diatomaceous Earth for the outside, doorways, windows and under the sink. Im also going to spray the inside of the house with the Ortho home defense product. This should be a start along with keeping the patios clear of any debris.
Peyton has had a slooowwwwwwwwwwwwww start.
I took Peyton because I thought the RB by Comm. of the Colts' might not be clicking til late in the season (if at all) & that INDY would be airing it out, hence Peyton racking up points.
IMO Peyton & the Colts start airing it more...much more.
Yeah, I was kidding about the Peyton thing.
I have both
Just make sure you don't get the pool filter kind of DE. You might have to check with a nursery or feed store. They don't carry it at Home Depot (at least not when I was looking for it). They have it at Fannick's on the east side...
A good way to control Scorpions is to control what they eat...so just go around your house and spread some type of pesticide to kill all the little insects moping around...no food for the Scorpions...no more Scorpions...if that don't work...pack yo sh!t and move...cause them b!tches are gonna be pissed...and they got friends...lots of friends...
We move into our new house starting Wednesday ... and already yesterday when we were there gawking at the house there was a scorpion in the bathroom.
Thanks for all of the tips ... I didn't think I was going to need them.
That happened to me when my daughter was about 2 years old. I was giving her a bath and reached for the rag. I felt a sting on my finger like I had never felt before. It took me about 10 seconds to figure out what happened. Then I yanked her out of the tub. They come in through the light fixtures overhead. Most of the time they die up there because they can't get out if it's a closed fixture or they get fried when the light get turned on. I also used to find them around my A/C unit when I would go to change out my filter.
The only scorpion in my house ever is the one I keep as a pet. I've seen a baby scorpion running around but I've never encountered mean stinging ones in my house.
eh, we get them all the time here in Bulverde, just cut his stinger off with a pair of scissors or whack him with a shovel.
yes, I have gone after a scorpion with a shovel INSIDE the house.
Scorpions and centipedes make my skin crawl.
WheN I was a kid I checked under my covers of my bed every night for scorpions. The reason is I woke up one night with one crawling up my leg, scared the crap out of me.
My dad had one drop off the ceiling onto his chest one night in bed as well.
I was at my bestfriends apartment on Thursday and we noticed her cat was in the corner playing with something... a scorpion. It was small and white. She moved the cat and went to get something to kill it with and by the time she got back it had stung the cat on the nose. The cat ran and hid but we checked her out and she seemed fine. Ugh...I hate creepy crawly things!
My parents house got them often in the past.
They would trap them the following way:
They got a cleaned out jar....like a pickle jar or something that you still have a lid to....and have the lid ready.
Put the jar over the little bugger so it can't get out.
Carefully slide a piece of cardboard over the opening of the jar while it is still upside-down over the scorpion.
Turn the jar right-side up....with the scorpion still the jar.
Get some bleach and just pour enough in it so it floats a little.
Put the lid on the jar.
Watch the thing squirm and actually dissolve.
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