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2naSalit

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4. Same here...

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 17, 2020, 12:14 PM

Jun 2020

I lived in a desert for a summer and all the morning chores started with the scorpion search. And shoes/boots were hung up off the ground to keep creepy crawly things out of them. I was told it was an old cowboy trick.

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First scorpion of the year this morning [View all] Mike 03 Jun 2020 OP

Shake out the shoes before putting them on. Ptah Jun 2020 #1

Yikes. Scorpions. MontanaMama Jun 2020 #2

Same here... 2naSalit Jun 2020 #4

except the Centruroides are wall/ceiling crawlers Kali Jun 2020 #6

Also shake out your pants good too, if you wear pants, to shake out any critters that may have ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #3

LOL Kali Jun 2020 #5

Aren't we getting antivenin from Mexico now? marybourg Jun 2020 #8

I don't think so. Kali Jun 2020 #9

well seems something might be available Kali Jun 2020 #10

To date, here in San Antonio, I have killed 17, and most were inside, walls, floors, shower, even 42bambi Jun 2020 #7

Do you have a blacklight? DesertRat Jun 2020 #11