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I opened the door to a shed and found this guy sitting in the middle of the floor. It's been a long time since I've seen one this big in the wild. My coworker said it was nice enough to be out in the open and not hiding somewhere I had to put my hands.

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[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's been my experience that where there's one scorpion, there's more

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They glow under blacklight so it's easy to check.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that all breeds or just some?

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A quick search says it's an almost universal trait among species.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 23 hours ago

Not just species, the entire clave.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I used to shine them on the palm trees in my yard in Phoenix and the whole thing would glow with scorpions. It was so cool to see.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Cool is not the word I would use in that situation

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The almost makes it the fun part. Is there scorpions in there? *Shines light We should be good!

(Narrator: They were not good)

[–] mongooseofrevenge@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh ya there's more around for sure, this is in a pretty remote area. Rattlesnakes get in there occasionally and I'm really lucky I haven't encountered that. At least in that building.