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- Low desert 50 mi SE of Palm Springs CA
I'd be glad to send you all the scorpions I can find! One of the little clear ones we have here stung me on my stomach...WHILE I SLEPT IN MY BED! Ended up with an abscess and cellulitis that had to be opened and packed. 2 injections and 2 weeks of oral antibiotics finally got rid of it.@CarolM Back in the early 70s I had a contact in Johannesburg that would ship wildlife to me, and some of the scorpions I received were bad a$$, Much worse than any spider found here. They were shipped in cigarette packs and at that time their packs were only one cigarette thick and they would sorta fold the scorpion into the box and when you opened it you didn't know what kind was in it and what his reaction would be. I learned to open them in the bath tub with the stopper in place real quick. Those were the good old days.The only bug that drew a red flag was the dung beetle, they weren't banned but needed a permit to bring them into the US.
Weird, the large ones don't pack as much wallop from what I understand. Hope I never find out 1st hand!
Scorpions are not only hideous, but nasty!
This was 3 days after sting. Line shows spread of cellulitis.