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I have only been in Texas 71 years and I have never seen a scorpion.

9 posted on 06/30/2011 7:43:38 PM PDT by Ditter

Wow. Seen plenty in my 4 years here.

11 posted on 06/30/2011 8:00:11 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (A blind clock finds a nut at least twice a day.)

Wow. Seen plenty in my 4 years here.

12 posted on 06/30/2011 8:00:19 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (A blind clock finds a nut at least twice a day.)

To my surprise, I picked up a sheet of plywood and on top of the sheet (underneath) were (guessing) somewhere between 100-200 juvenile scorpions scattering in all directions. Happened in San Antonio, during the summer. Handled a rattle snake (took it home and skinned it) that was fatally squished by a drag box being pulled behind a small work tractor. Good thing too, because we were working in tall grass running a security fence around the same construction site. Lastly, climbed under a temporary fence to get to the roach coach at break-time (same job-site) and managed to put my hand and foot in a fire-ant nest. Good thing I wasn't allergic to same, as I experienced perhaps 500 bites all at about the same time. Felt like an electrical shock of some voltage/amperage. Texas... land of many living things hostile to man. Water mocassins, mosquitoes (I've got the scar to go with that one) tarantulas, alligators, and the list goes on... ;0)

17 posted on 06/30/2011 8:22:41 PM PDT by freepersup (Today, we raise our glasses of spirits and mugs of ale high- to Budge.)

Lucky you. Used to work in Lubbock and Amarillo - they were everywhere in the summer. Had a hard hat and boots job. First day there the boss told me about the boots - turned out to be a great piece of advice. Here in Houston suburbs we just have red ants and their bite is almost as bad as a scorpion.

20 posted on 06/30/2011 9:14:58 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)

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