Remudamom Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Each spring we see a few scorpions in the house but this year it's ridiculous. I put my foot in my slipper last night and was stung twice, and this morning one of the boys put on his jeans that he had thrown on the floor and yep! Got stung over and over as he danced around and hollered. I think they are coming from the attic, dropping out of the air vents. This are small scorpions and other than a prick when they sting it's harmless. In fact, I thought I had a piece of hay or something in my slipper and it really didn't hurt. Ds has a different opinion. I'd nuke the house but dh is particular about poisons so he's going to have to handle it himself. In the meantime I'm very careful about where I put my toes. http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll236/Remudamom/IMG_1990_zps19d08ae9.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Ow, ow, ow!!!! Sticky traps, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Where do you live? I need to make sure to never move there. :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :crying: :ohmy: :scared: :ack2: Every time I get sick of winter and think I want to move South, I see something like this and think "NO WAY!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I just said to my husband that I'll take ants and flies any day over scorpions! And my husband said, unless it's the musical group. LOL Uh, yeah. This just put my panic over ants in our kitchen into perspective. Sort of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :svengo: Is moving an option? :eek: Otherwise, call an exterminator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hey, I'm in the midwest, not the South. But you know what? I'll take scorpions over flies anyway. I despise flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hey, I'm in the midwest, not the South. But you know what? I'll take scorpions over flies anyway. I despise flies. Well, I just offered my girls a dollar if they can find the dead mouse I can smell in basement. ;) Life in the country has its moments, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 We once lived in an apt. filled with cockroaches, but scorpions seems much worse! You are very brave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :svengo: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :svengo: The only thing I can suggest is :smash: . Oh my dear goodness the only thing I can think of that might be worse is a snake invasion. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somo_chickenlady Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Stick traps work really well! We had a lot of scorpions at our last house (in the country) but thankfully we were never stung. They were the same tiny ones. I hope you are able to get rid of them! Oh, and we were in the midwest as well, in southern Missouri near Branson. ;) Definitely not the south, and when we moved there we didn't expect scorpions, rattle snakes, and tarantulas. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Each spring we see a few scorpions in the house but this year it's ridiculous. I put my foot in my slipper last night and was stung twice, and this morning one of the boys put on his jeans that he had thrown on the floor and yep! Got stung over and over as he danced around and hollered. I think they are coming from the attic, dropping out of the air vents. This are small scorpions and other than a prick when they sting it's harmless. In fact, I thought I had a piece of hay or something in my slipper and it really didn't hurt. Ds has a different opinion. I'd nuke the house but dh is particular about poisons so he's going to have to handle it himself. In the meantime I'm very careful about where I put my toes. Ewww. Can you treat around the perimeter? Cut way down on our bug influx...but we don't have scorpions (Praise the Lord!). Eeek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :svengo: :svengo: :svengo: :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I vote for moving, but I'm sure you don't want to do that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Aren't you the lucky one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Okay, that's it. I can handle winters. Staying north it is. My BFF lives in Texas. She keeps trying to suggest we move down there, but forgets she's told me about all the critters she's encountered. Aside from all the really bad pests, the final straw is that she has lizards in her yard, while I have cute fuzzy bunnies and squirrels. Like I've said before... I could handle running into a bear better than a tarantula or rattlesnake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Diatomaceous Earth is non-toxic and works quite well against scorpions. Hate those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I think this is the scariest thread topic I've ever seen. :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 That is a sign you must buy a flame thrower, or move. I'm betting you go for the flamethrower. You'd wield it well, I'm sure, just don't invite your enemies over that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upward Journey Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 You need to get yourselves some lizards. They'll take care of the scorpions for you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Diatomaceous Earth is non-toxic and works quite well against scorpions. Hate those things. I've got some of that! So I sprinkle it in the attic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Yep, lizards seem to do the trick! Our old house had lots of scorpions and no lizards, here just a few miles away lots of lizards and no scoripions. Thankfully they are not harmful scoripions, but they are obnoxious. Keep a shoe handy to squish them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I've got some of that! So I sprinkle it in the attic? Yep! Around the outside of the house too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtsmamtj Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :svengo: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :willy_nilly: :svengo: The only thing I can suggest is :smash: . Oh my dear goodness the only thing I can think of that might be worse is a snake invasion. Faith :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Shudder!!! :svengo: We had those things at Fort Irwin, and they were mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Wow, the picture really added to the story. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hey, I'm in the midwest, not the South. But you know what? I'll take scorpions over flies anyway. I despise flies. Where in the midwest? I'm near the KCMO metro area and am wondering if I need to go put on shoes (after checking to make sure they aren't a scorpion habitat). Stick traps work really well! We had a lot of scorpions at our last house (in the country) but thankfully we were never stung. They were the same tiny ones. I hope you are able to get rid of them! Oh, and we were in the midwest as well, in southern Missouri near Branson. ;) Definitely not the south, and when we moved there we didn't expect scorpions, rattle snakes, and tarantulas. LOL We love camping down there and last summer I went down with a few family members to do a big campout. DD and her cousin were laying on a towel drying off from playing in the creek when they started doing these little squeaky almost screams. Like they wanted to scream but were too scared. DH went over to check on them and saw a huge tarantula. I've lived here darn near my whole life and I had no idea we had tarantulas! All weekend we'd hear screams around the campsite as other people ran into tarantulas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Oh HELL no. I'd rather have bears dropping out of the attic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 We had scorpions in Hawaii. The only good thing I can say about them is that I thought the centipedes were worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Oh HELL no. I'd rather have bears dropping out of the attic. Agreed! I'm regretting looking at the picture. *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Oh HELL no. I'd rather have bears dropping out of the attic. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :crying: :ohmy: :scared: :ack2: Every time I get sick of winter and think I want to move South, I see something like this and think "NO WAY!" I agree! The up side to living in an area that has cold/snow for 6-7 months at a time is there is limited creepy crawlies. I can bundle up against the cold, not so much against creepers that want to sting me in my slippers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 hey the good news is no grandkids to get stung...okay not funny but have to find the silver lining to both situations somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleJumper1 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 When we lived in NE GA we were overrun with them :eek: The first season we found 37! They showed up everywhere. Open a cabinet - one is sitting on the plates. Walk through the living room at night - one sitting in the middle of the floor. We learned to strip the bed every night after dh was stung in the middle of the night. They like to hide in between the sheets at the foot of the bed. What really did me in was when I realized that they could climb the walls :angry: or the morning I found one sitting in the corner of ds' crib :ack2: For that we wrapped foil around the legs in a downward cone shape. Each season there were less of them. I think the last season we lived there we only found a handfull. Dh treated the property with poison every year and our landlord cut the trees hanging over the house back. I developed a sixth sense to them. I'd be walking through the house in the dark and just know I had to step further than usual. Turn the light on and yup there's one on the floor. I also learned that a scorpion dropped in alcohol with tweezers will die. :smash: We has some pretty impressive collections in alcohol. Amazingly I was never stung in the 5 years we lived in that house nor ds who was not yet 2 when we left there. Now - looking back I can't believe we stayed there but we loved our house on the hill. You have my every sympathy!! I couldn't do it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RemsMom Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristi26 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Oh my...and I thought our bat collection in the attic was bad. I could NOT do scorpions!!! :scared: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 :crying: :ohmy: :scared: :ack2: Every time I get sick of winter and think I want to move South, I see something like this and think "NO WAY!" I live in the South and I've never seen a scorpion outside of the zoo. You are handling it much better than me, because I would have moved out of the area already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Oh HELL no. I'd rather have bears dropping out of the attic. Bears, I can handle! Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Scorpions are natures way of saying SCREW YOU I am gonna combine spiders,lobsters, wasps and nightmares. I would move and start over everything is ruined LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 OK, the pic did it. I'm with justamouse. Flamethrower. Or serious slicing weapons. Meat cleaver? Machete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasRachel Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 What works for us is to make sure there's no grass around the house. If we let it get bad then the scorpions come in. It's about time for us to cut again. I'll have to add some DE to the perimeter too. It works well for ant hills as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I live in the south and I NEVER see scorpions. The only 2 times I've seen scorpions "in the wild" was once in Arizona and once in Costa Rica. However, I'm afraid I'd be on your side: nuke the house! Twice! LOL YUCK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Why did I click to see the picture?!?! The picture was bad enough; I can't imagine that being in my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 nasty...i will take my MN winters over that any day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Ok, the picture doesn't have anything for perspective. You said these are tiny but that photo looks huge to me. You have successfully made me glad to live in the land of perpetual gloom and rain. No scorpions here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I'd move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 In general, I don't mind bugs, but that wouldn't have lasted long enough to take a picture of. Extreme prejudice, I say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks for the pic! :svengo: Now we are (virtually) as lucky as you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I think you should develop your entrepreneurial spirit and sell these: http://www.kaboodle....s/scorpion-pops When life gives you lemons (er, scorpions)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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