Scorpion mobility

[CreekyB]

They are nimble buggers. We have them everywhere here in central Texas mostly bark spiders that are harmless except for the pain of the sting. I find them in the ceiling light fixtures, used to find them under anything that sat for very long until I started spraying the perimeter religiously. They are mainly nocturnal, if you live in an area with active scorpion populations and want to be creeped out at night. Get one of those battery operated gem hunter's pocket blacklights, all species of scorpion fluoresce under UV lights. Even creepier, watch them hunt each other, the different age groups prey on each other once they leave the mother's back.....

I keep my gloves in the house, I even bring my welding gloves in the house. Got tired of getting stung when I put them on in the barn.

 

[Valveman]

Demon, Cyper, or any kind of wet-able powder works good. I spray around the house, under the doors, around window and pipes. I even spray down in my valve boxes as the little buggers like to get me when I open or close a valve. Don't leave your cloths lying on the floor or they will crawl right in. And I always check my shoes, gloves, hats, etc., before putting them on. I also have to be careful picking up firewood or rocks, as they love to get you from the backside of the stick you pick up.

They hurt pretty bad, but I am more afraid of the spiders and snakes. Seems everything here wants to stick, bite, sting, claw, or eat you.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Demon, Cyper, or any kind of wet-able powder works good. I spray around the house, under the doors, around window and pipes. I even spray down in my valve boxes as the little buggers like to get me when I open or close a valve. Don't leave your cloths lying on the floor or they will crawl right in. And I always check my shoes, gloves, hats, etc., before putting them on. I also have to be careful picking up firewood or rocks, as they love to get you from the backside of the stick you pick up.

They hurt pretty bad, but I am more afraid of the spiders and snakes. Seems everything here wants to stick, bite, sting, claw, or eat you.

Or blow your house away. Fortunately I have never been stung by a scorpion. I have been stung by red wasps, bumble bees, ground hornets and velvet ants. They are all bad enough. The hornets stings were the worst long term; foot swelled up couldn't get my shoe on and left some pretty nasty sores. The Bumble bee and the Velvet ant were probably the most painful.

 

[stuckmotor]

I've seen them in places where I couldn't figure how they got there,too. They used to get in the bed and sting my wife.

 

[rgr33]

No doubt about it, you guys are mentally tougher than me, even reading about scorpions and snakes creeps me out. I can't imagine having to inspect everything you touch for hidden stingers.
Once again, glad I live in Oregon, too cold and too rainy for nasty critters to want to live here.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

No doubt about it, you guys are mentally tougher than me, even reading about scorpions and snakes creeps me out. I can't imagine having to inspect everything you touch for hidden stingers.
Once again, glad I live in Oregon, too cold and too rainy for nasty critters to want to live here.

Backyard Scorpions: We've got some of the stingers in these parts, but don't worry | Natural World | The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon

 

[dalroo]

A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, has a nice place not too far from me in central Texas. He has a large game room attached to his barn - kind of a man cave. One day while visiting I noticed that he had several (maybe 10) sticky traps around the baseboard of the room. Each and every trap was covered in scorpions. I mentioned it and he said yeah, I've got a little scorpion problem. Holy smokes!!!! I saw a few in my barn and went on a crusade to eradicate, and now see them on occasion, but not regularly. Seeing dozens (if not hundreds), even dead, wigged me out.

Several years ago, while setting up a deer camp, I reached to move a fence post that we had laying across a tarp. I knew better, no gloves, but reached anyway. The sting was on the tip of my F/U finger, and it felt almost like an electric shock - instant. For a second I thought maybe I had grabbed an exposed nail or staple, but then saw the thing smiling up at me. He died, but I spent the rest of the day, and that night, with a throbbing pain going from my finger and into my hand. Unless you are allergic and have a reaction, there really is not much medical treatment to do. I took some aspirin, sat still for a while to make sure I didn't react, and then went back to work.

As much as I despise scorpions, and how creepy they are, in my neck of the woods, I am WAY more concerned with bees and hornets, than snakes and scorpions. That is where you can really get into trouble.

 

[CCWKen]

The old AfterBite sticks worked well on most stings. They contained a high percentage of ammonia that neutralized the sting pain if you kept it wet for a few minutes. The newer version is less effective so I keep refilling the old stick with ammonia. I always pop an antihistamine when I get stung. It helps keep swelling down better than just aspirin for me. But I address the immediate pain first. An ice cube helps too if you're not into "better living through chemistry".

Another painful sting comes from the leafcutter ants we have around here. They're worse than the large orange wasps and just slightly less painful than a scorpion sting. The fire ant sting and yellow jacket sting are like a mosquito bite in comparison. I've been stung by them all. I'm just glad I'm not allergic to them.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Can't vouch for scorpion stings, but I can tell you one thing; pain from stings from bees and wasps can be stopped almost instantly by applying juice from an onion. Yeah, I didn't believe it either until I got stung by a bumble bee...in the palm of my hand no less...and the onion juice...applied at the urging of my 90 (today he would be 106) year old Dad...stopped the pain within seconds. Didn't stop the swelling, but it did the pain. I gar-an-tee!

 

[Pettrix]

Here in the desert SW the scorpions enter into homes via sliding patio doors, garage doors and house entry doors. In addition, they can come in via the bathroom vent from the roof stack. I doubt they can come in via plumbing stacks but one never knows. Put stainless screens on the vent hoods on the roof to prevent them from coming in.

Block/CMU walls become scorpion hotels since there are SO MANY empty cavities in the blocks. I hate CMU walls so I refuse to have any around my property since they just become havens for scorpions. Solid filled masonry concrete walls are best.