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Scorpion King!

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  1. SPOTnSTALK

    SPOTnSTALK Grizzled Veteran

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    Nasty little buggers...

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    I have only seen one in my whole life "in the wild" and that was under a 2x4 in texas at a VERY sucessful hunt. Scared the CRAP out of me
     
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    When me and my family lived in Mexico we would wake up to black scorpions 2 or 3 times that size. And people around here freak out about mice in their homes. Lol

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    My old home was coverd with those. We always checked our sheets, clothes, and shoes. One poped me as I turned my alarm clock off one morning. Hated those things.

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    That's neat.
     
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    I kind of like scorpions. Had a 'pet' emperor scorpion for a bit. It was a PITA to keep and watching it chew up it's victims (crickets) gave me the willies... but it was an interesting creature.

    Supposedly there are oodles of them just to the west of here. I may buy a blacklight and wander around the desert to see if I can find some.
     
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    That's awesome


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    we used to try and fight those with camel spiders hehe
     
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    Closest thing to scorpians we have in Hicksville are velvet ants aka "cow killers" which are actually wingless wasp. They are 1" long. They are the toughest insect I've ever seen.
     

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    Man glad i live in ohio lol
     
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    Those cow ants are almost impossible to kill!
     
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    I was working on my truck one time and one of those little bastards bit me......man it was awful.
     
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    I picked up a 6X6 chunk a' wood that needed moved about two years back..bare handed.. and the same kind of scorpion (pictured above) got me on my pinky finger. Just the finger itself went numb for two days and then subsided. They usually hang out under things and in wood. You just have to check. Gloves help.
     
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    Tell me about it. I dont do bugs.
     
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    I seen those in KY once....I think it was Morganfield when I was working up there.
     
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