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Offline Steve

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« on: June 09, 2005, 01:18:03 AM »





Widows, taratulas,  rattlers, gila monters... none of these bother me.  scorpions are  creepy .
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Offline senna

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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2005, 01:19:27 AM »
oh break out the black flag! better yet some wd-40 and a lighter.
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Offline RTSigma

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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2005, 01:26:42 AM »
Man screw that, I hate arachanids. I was scared for life when my sister took me to see Arachnaphobia on opening day. I was just a little kid, now I freak out when I see spiders in my house.

Up here in IL though, we don't get Black Widows, we do get the nasty Wolf Spiders that drive SUVs and some ugly Banana Spiders that hang out in trees and then jump down every now and then at night.

I'm never having ANY trees near my house when I get my own.
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2005, 01:27:51 AM »
As long as they aren't in your home you should consider yourself lucky.  Do what senna said and take some WD-40 and a lighter.  


Your mission,should you choose to accept it, is to find out as many ways to kill these nusances as possible.




Good luck Steve:aok
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2005, 01:31:11 AM »
The scorp was in one of my garages.*shudder*
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Offline JB73

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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2005, 01:54:14 AM »
oh HE!! no


you can just rock me the F to sleep tonight bastage >: (




MAN i hate bugs.... is that a black widow i see?
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Offline TrueKill

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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2005, 02:02:12 AM »
hey catch that widow and scorpin and mail em to me:D i used to have a widow but it died :(  never have found another. my scorp and taratula died about a year ago. was thinking about getting new ones.

I'm not joking if you have the balls to catch em ill pay for them and shiping. :aok
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« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2005, 02:14:32 AM »
Much safer and less toxic way to kill them is with spray cleaners. They'll suffocate/drown then you can clean up after with what you sprayed.
It's a good example to any young ones around. Rather see them spraying Tuff Stuff/409/etc rather than a can of RAID or any aerosol w/a lighter.
Kids emulate what they see the adults do regardless what the adults say.
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« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2005, 02:14:49 AM »
Already sprayed the scorp.  Will look for others.  How many widows do you want?
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Offline TrueKill

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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2005, 02:18:12 AM »
dont know how much u want for one.


btw 73 ur a wuss :aok
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2005, 02:29:39 AM »
steve - your pic links appear to be broken - would like to see though. oh wait - it's there now.  :confused:

I nearly picked up a scorp just like that one. It was resting in a handbasin at a campsite. It was dark (no electricity) and just at the right moment, a guy walked in with a lantern which... saved my day!
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Offline Leslie

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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2005, 02:32:22 AM »
Mud daubers will take care of the widows.  I remember I climbed up in an old deer stand on stilts we were repairing, and seeing lots of tangled webs underneath it.  Climbed in and noticed a mud dauber's nest that was one single tube from the floor to the ceiling.  Broke it open and about 1000 dead widows dropped out (though I thought I may have seen a couple moving ones.)

Got out of there fast.:)   Btw mud daubers aren't dangerous to humans and don't sting.  They're the slender black/brown wasps kinda resembling small dragonflies with a bulbous tail.  Dunno if they can survive in Arizona climate though.



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Offline rpm

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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2005, 04:26:26 AM »
I used to live in a house that must have been built on scorpion holy ground. Was sitting in my chair one night reading a book wearing a pair of jeans. I felt a little itch near my crotch and went to scratch it. BAM!!!

I levitated about 3 feet out of my chair and hit the floor trying to take my jeans off like Jenna Jameson was lying in bed naked waiting for me.

BAM!! BAM!!! BAM!!! BAM!!!!

By the time I got them off the little #@*%'er stung me 13 times starting about 2 inches from my nads and running down to my knee. Unfortunately I crushed him getting my jeans off and was unable to torture the #&@%'er. :mad:
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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2005, 04:43:11 AM »
What is it like when they sting? like a wasp or worse?

It could have been worse if you were a scottish kilt wearing man rpm.. nuts hanging loose and all. :D
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« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2005, 05:06:38 AM »
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I used to live in a house that must have been built on scorpion holy ground. Was sitting in my chair one night reading a book wearing a pair of jeans. I felt a little itch near my crotch and went to scratch it. BAM!!!

I levitated about 3 feet out of my chair and hit the floor trying to take my jeans off like Jenna Jameson was lying in bed naked waiting for me.

BAM!! BAM!!! BAM!!! BAM!!!!

By the time I got them off the little #@*%'er stung me 13 times starting about 2 inches from my nads and running down to my knee. Unfortunately I crushed him getting my jeans off and was unable to torture the #&@%'er. :mad:


well thats what u get for reading a book.
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