The Official "Tarantula Thread"

[RAT900]

I wonder if some of those jumbo scorpions can be prepped like lobster...and if they might taste good...at least like crawfish maybe

[Monsterlover]

Ask Bear Grylls




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[hcomp]

Yep,

We get them in our house...Usually about 1 every 2 weeks from now until October.  I have been fortunate to never have been stung yet... I have to be especially diligent now that we have a 6 month old daughter that can easily die if stung. The AZ bark scorpion is the most dangerous sucker here in the U.S. since it has a potent neurotoxin.  Tonight it was warm enough to hunt....Got 6 of the bastards tonight on the cinder block walls around my house.  

Here are my hunting weapons:

Map Gas Torch - Useful for cinder block walls and other non flammable environments


and

Needle Nose Pliers - where you don't want to burn the house down


Black Light


And the good old standby

[hcomp]

And here is an interesting fact about scorpions.....

Their stingers are made of metal!

About ¼ of the stinger is a blend of zinc, manganese and iron...
Screw me!... armor piercing stingers...