Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas,
land of the rattlesnake, scorpion, wild hog, coyote and a host of
other creatures that you probably don't want to associate with!
Scorpion King is not a title that I ever sought but I think I earned it
anyway after how many I've killed the last few years.
For those newer readers who don't know the situation, when we got
here the place had sat abandoned for 8 long years and nature had
pretty much taken it over so we had to take it back.
The biggest critter problem we faced is scorpions. I mean those
things were everywhere inside and out. We sprayed, we had
professionals spray, nothing seemed to stop them.
We've never been able to take our shoes off because you never know
when they're going to be around and you always have to check your
shoes before putting them on too because shoes are a favorite place
for them to hide.
So are blankets, clothing, they love beds and getting under the sheets
and covers! We had to buy drinking glasses and glass bowls for the
furniture and beds because scorpions can't climb up glass.
In fact it's about the only thing they can't climb.
There are companies in Texas that will come out and clad the bottom
couple feet of your house with glass so the scorpions can't climb up
the walls.
We finally started making progress and after killing 10 or 15 each
day inside the house we were thinning them out, it got down to
seeing maybe 1 or 2 a day. Then that went down to 1 or 2 per week.
But lately the rate has been about 1 per month after spreading
poison on the lawns surrounding the house.
Then last night I saw this guy on the side of the house at about
eye level:
Yeah I interrupted his dinner as he was chowing down on a
cricket. He fell down on onto the deck when I got close to him
with the camera, but he didn't let go of the cricket!
Then this morning I got into the laundry room and this is what I
see:
He was fast too but paused just long enough for me to get a good
shot of him. Then if those guys weren't enough, Mrs. J goes to
look at the pool and sees another one at the bottom of the pool.
Sorry the photos of the scorpion under water didn't come out very
well but you get the idea. Just when I was starting to relax and even
going without shoes a couple of times! lol.
If anyone knows of a secret weapon against these things let me know.
And if anyone has other critters they can't get rid of lets talk about
that too.
thanks for reading folks, God bless you all!
-jonboy Texas
the gentleman redneck
ps- ya know...you might just be a redneck if:
Yer mom calls ya over t'help, cause she has a flat tire...on her house!
