I knew it would happen sooner or later.
I didn't scream like I thought I would, but there was a very audible gasp. I don't know if it was the terrible wind outside that blew it in, or the fact that my neighbors had "the bug lady" at their house yesterday and it was escaping her poison, or if it was living in the plastic I covered our stairs with while our new tile was being installed in the downstairs bathroon. But there it was on the landing. And now it is trapped in a jar until it is dead.
It looks a lot bigger in real life.
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ReplyDeleteeeeeewwwww. that's scary.
ReplyDeletei don't know if it's any consolation, but in my whole life growing up in arizona, we never once found a scorpion in our house. so maybe that was your one and only encounter.
ReplyDeletedude - scary no matter how little that stinger is!
ReplyDeleteYuck. I remember the 1st time I saw a scorpian. I was 5 years old and sitting on the toilet, peeing. I called for my dad and he came in, covered it with a Snoopy glass, then called all my sisters in to show them. I think I was sitting on toilet the entire time.
ReplyDeleteYuck. Those things can live a long time. Get someone to step on it. They give me the creeps.
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ReplyDeleteoh my goodness- they do have scorpians in Arizona. Scarry!
ReplyDeleteWeren't we just talking about this? The boys will love it when I show them!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nana, you need to kill it because it'll live forever. But you can't kill a scorpion by stepping on it on carpet, you have to stab it. Jake uses a paint stir stick to kill ours.
ReplyDeleteso scary! what do your kids think?
ReplyDeletesorry steph! and we had just been discussing the fact that you hadn't seen a scorpion yet! i bet it was cause of the people next door getting sprayed. mom
ReplyDeleteGrowing up in AZ I only saw a scorpion once. It was in the house, Adam caught it and put it in a jar with an alcohol soaked cotton ball (I think), which killed and preserved it nicely.
ReplyDelete... and there it is! Remember the SMALLER they are the venomous it is! When they are bigger or older they are not as dangerous.
ReplyDeleteHopefully you get your house sprayed every month too... the cold weather will bring them in for warmth.
One time in Glendale (CA) I was spending the night at a YW sleepover at one of our leaders' house. One of the girls got stung by a scorpion. She was fine, but the scorpion got served. We put it down the garbage disposal to kill it.
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