Scorpions, Tarantulas, Snakes, Oh-My (Austin, Post: camping, trees, mosquito)

[xsloane]

Originally Posted by love roses

O.k, here's something a lady told me today. She's had a lifelong love of snakes, never kills them. However, she says that if you kill a rattlesnake by removing its head, you need to bury it very deep, because if any type of biting insect (mosquito, bee, fly) lands on the head and feeds on it, then comes back and bites you, it can transfer the venom to you.

Yes, you do have to bury the head of a rattle snake after you have killed it, but the reason is that if you were to step on it by mistake the fangs could potentially puncture your skin and inject the venom, that is all. No worries about little insects.

[Phisch]

Say hello to my little friend:



Cute eh? What a lovely thing to see when you have to go to the bathroom. He survived all night in the vacuum cleaner. Don't tell me if they can crawl out of large garbage cans. I don't want to know. The container is in the garage and they dont' pick up until Friday.

[Trainwreck20]

I won't say anything about their survival ability, then

[Phisch]

Oh, you don't have to. We checked the garbage can and he's not there. He. Is. Not. There.

I am unnecessarily girlishly squealing every time I think of it. I know it just feels like a bee sting. But it's a big ol' ugly bug. And he pointed his pincers at us and I have it on video! Ok, granted he wasn't happy that he was in the vacuum.

[twange]

Originally Posted by Phisch

Oh, you don't have to. We checked the garbage can and he's not there. He. Is. Not. There.

I am unnecessarily girlishly squealing every time I think of it. I know it just feels like a bee sting. But it's a big ol' ugly bug. And he pointed his pincers at us and I have it on video! Ok, granted he wasn't happy that he was in the vacuum.

Hilarious post!


We have a really cute little bright green lizard living around our plants on the front entranceway to our apartment. Yesterday I went to go outside and there he was, on the inside wall by the door...just hangin' out. He best not make this a habit or my cat will get him for sure I suppose I'll need to fix that weather stripping around the door Anyway, I just shooed him out the door and he wiggled into some crevice.

We've name him Jorge. I'll try and get a pic of him.

[Trainwreck20]

Sounds like a chameleon...and yes, cats try to get them, but usually end up with just the wriggling tale, which then grows back. Skinks do the same thing...seems to be very likely a response to cats in particular....the cat is happy (its got a tail) and the chamelion is happy (he is alive).

[llkltk]

Originally Posted by jennyb315

OMG dazed!!!!!!!

I would be calling the sherrif to tell him there was an intruder trying to get into my house!!!!!!!!!!!! Where do you live?? I will FREAK if I see a snake in my yard-- let alone one trying to get into my house!!!!

gosh-- I will shut up about my scorpions-- I will take them any day over a snake!

Do you have pest control? Doesn't that take care of the scorpions? Ick, I'd be so scared if I had those. Do you live in the city or rural?

[manbehindthecurtain]

Originally Posted by Phisch

And he pointed his pincers at us and I have it on video! Ok, granted he wasn't happy that he was in the vacuum.

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. - POST IT!

[twange]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Sounds like a chameleon...and yes, cats try to get them, but usually end up with just the wriggling tale, which then grows back. Skinks do the same thing...seems to be very likely a response to cats in particular....the cat is happy (its got a tail) and the chamelion is happy (he is alive).

I looked it up: it is called an Anole(specifically a Carolina Anole). Here's a pic off of Wikipedia:


He can change colors depending on background and time of day but is not considered a true chameleon.

[edge_gordon]

Originally Posted by twange

I looked it up: it is called an Anole(specifically a Carolina Anole). Here's a pic off of Wikipedia:
He can change colors depending on background and time of day but is not considered a true chameleon.

Anoles are great, they eat bugs! Molested, they will pinch a finger or do pushups at you.
Are the cute little greyish geckos still around?

In my (overabundance of) experience, scorpion stings are NOT like bee stings at all. They are much, much more painful, with aftereffects like a numb tongue & lips and nausea. Maybe I just had a bad reaction. I've been stung about three times, which is why I bought a sting extractor. The last time I got stung, I used the extractor promptly, and had no worse than an itchy bump later. Whew!

I love all beasts and critters, I escort jumping spiders outside with the glass and index card trick, but I kill scorpions without apology.

Glass and index card trick:
Get a clear glass with a no more than 4" mouth.
Grab an index card or other stiff piece of paper.
Place glass over critter, slide paper under. Deposit trapped critter outdoors, in neighbors' lawn, in garbage can, etc.

This is the best link on crawlies:
What's That Bug?

See ya'll soon,
edge