Two up, two down

We found two pests today--the first in our bathroom, the second under a pool equipment lid.

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I dispatched the first, Bill the second.

 

Ho hum.

 

 

 

 

Scorpion hunting

The other night Bill and I were in our room chatting before bed when we heard that shriek from Caroline which means one thing:  "I saw a scorpion."

Bill killed the scorpion which was in the hall outside her bedroom door, but she was pretty freaked out about it (not surprisingly).  The next night he asked her if she wanted to go on a scorpion hunt with him, hoping to desensitize her a little.

She was a little nervous, but went outside with him with the black light to see what they could find.  She told me they killed 8 scorpions along the fence.  The fence is made of concrete block, so it's warm at night and apparently scorpions like that.  Most of the scorpions they killed were on the outside of the fence. 

This is what they look like with the black light:

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They didn't take this picture, but this is generally what they saw on the fence.  They didn't see any babies this time, but Bill has in the past.  Nasty, huh?

 

Guess who is very excited about scorpion hunts now?

Stomped on the wrong pest!

After our family's experience with scorpions in the past 10 days (3 year old grandson was stung several days before I was), we are all a little on edge.  I killed one in the hall last night without its causing anyone harm.

 Notice anything wrong with this picture?  Dd said her nerves were so frayed that when she saw this plastic lizard on the floor, she nailed it with her foot!  And *I'm* afraid of dust bunnies and little scraps of fabric from my quilt project.  Sigh.

A surprise in my shower

With my myopic eyesight I never saw it until after the burning, piercing sting on my foot.  Awful!

Ick . . . shudder . . .

Arizona Bark Scorpion

Seven in the house in fourteen months.

Need I say more?