Not the band. The spider-ish thingy with that dreadful stinger. Over the past 12 years I think I've seen 1 scorpion in the house, but this summer I've killed at least 5 or 6 I have lost count. One of them ended up in my empty glass on my bedside table where I keep water to drink in the night when I wake up. I do it in the dark. Can you imagine if I had forgot the glass was empty and taken a big swig!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think scorpions can climb up slick glass, so the ONLY way that thing could have gotten in there was to drop or fall from the ceiling! Nothing was near enough the glass for it to have crawled up and over. The glass sits beside my Glock 20 but it's a very tall glass and he couldn't make the jump from the Glock to inside the glass. It was a bit unnerving to see that damned thing in my water glass! I've since replaced the glass with a closed container.
I've been bitten and stung by many things but never by a scorpion, even though I've encountered many close calls working under cars trucks and houses. I hear it's worse than a hornet but never got stung by a hornet either. Lots of bees and wasps.
Is anyone else noticing a huge increase in scorpions this year?
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think scorpions can climb up slick glass, so the ONLY way that thing could have gotten in there was to drop or fall from the ceiling! Nothing was near enough the glass for it to have crawled up and over. The glass sits beside my Glock 20 but it's a very tall glass and he couldn't make the jump from the Glock to inside the glass. It was a bit unnerving to see that damned thing in my water glass! I've since replaced the glass with a closed container.
I've been bitten and stung by many things but never by a scorpion, even though I've encountered many close calls working under cars trucks and houses. I hear it's worse than a hornet but never got stung by a hornet either. Lots of bees and wasps.
Is anyone else noticing a huge increase in scorpions this year?