I went back inside only to see Emma at the back sliding glass door yelling something to me about finding a 'crab'. A crab, in Arizona...I don't think so. I place the mail on the counter and proceed to go out back to look at this new found 'crab'. I walk to the post where they are standing and immediately go into panic mode - it was not a crab but a scorpion! Yes, I said SCORPION!!
I sternly told the girls to back away and ran back inside to get something to place over the creepy bug - I was not about to step on it can you imagine the crunch that thing would make - YUCK!
I grabbed a Ziploc container and placed it over top of the scorpion, then I called Jason to make sure he would be home for lunch so HE could kill it. Well, the scorpion didn't make it till lunch, he didn't even make it to the end of swim time. We are not sure what killed him - a little girl's size 11 flip flop, the tire of a Little Tykes car, the bug spray that the bug guy sprayed the day before, being covered by a Ziploc container with no air holes on a 100 degree day or any combination of the a fore mentioned possibilities.
We did take some pictures. I still get the creepy crawlies when I look at it.
Only one run in with a scorpion...not bad comsidering we have been in the house almost a year and have not had any prior incidents involving scorpions. Here's hoping this is our last (and if not - at least I may have figured out how to kill one).
2 comments:
What is the top picture? Is it in mud?
I've grown up in AZ, and still freak out about every scorpion. Luckily I've only run into a handful of them in my life. And only 1 when I was the only responsible adult around. I did the same thing. Put a glass over it and wait for Tony to come home while we avoid that room for the entire day. But I kept checking to make sure it didn't escape (though I don't know what I would have done if it did and I didn't know where he went!
The top picture is of the scorpion on our wet back porch under the Ziploc container...it does look like mud but it is just wet cement. In a room! I would really freak out if I found one in the house!!
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