so as I was just sitting here on my bed about to make a blog about the howler monkeys that visited the trees in my complex today, a big scorpion turns the corner out of the bathroom and starts walking along the wall by the bed. He hid behind a water bottle and I grabbed a can of Raid.
I give him a thorough dousing and he didn't move for a few seconds then scurried a few more inches before he was swimming in Raid.
Apparently Raid for cockroaches works on scorpions too. In Texas I had only seen one scorpion alive ever, so this was a bit of a surprise. I have no idea how he got in, all the windows are shut and they all have screens anyway. The only thing I can think of is the drain in the shower, it's just an open pipe a couple inches wide!
Good thing I wasn't in there taking a shower like I thought about.
I don't really know anything about scorpions or how aggressive they are or what their sting does to you but don't want to find out the hard way.
here's a picture I found on the internet of someone else holding one from costa rica:
Nope! No no no no no. I would not be okay with that coming out of my shower! That made me cringe just thinking about. Better watch your toes!
ReplyDeleteI still wanna hear about those Howler monkeys at some point.