Black scorpion type of thing
May 29th 2013, 10:59 am
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
May 29th 2013, 11:52 am
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
I saw an eastern king snake last Tuesday, and a black snake last Wednesday, both are harmless to humans, but eat rodents, amphibians, and reptiles, including copperheads.
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May 29th 2013, 12:09 pm
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
This thread has helped me solve a problem. A couple of years ago I found what looked like a small, flat, black spider or tick in the kitchen...but it had lobster type claws at the front. I put it in a container so I could get a better look at it. It kept lifting it's front claws up...like a crab or lobster. Anyway...yesterday I Googled and found out it was a Pseudoscorpion.
May 29th 2013, 12:11 pm
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
I don't mind snakes. They fall below the maximum permissible leg threshold.
May 29th 2013, 12:13 pm
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
This thread has helped me solve a problem. A couple of years ago I found what looked like a small, flat, black spider or tick in the kitchen...but it had lobster type claws at the front. I put it in a container so I could get a better look at it. It kept lifting it's front claws up...like a crab or lobster. Anyway...yesterday I Googled and found out it was a Pseudoscorpion.
Still, they will keep your population of carpet beetles down.
May 29th 2013, 12:13 pm
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
This thread has helped me solve a problem. A couple of years ago I found what looked like a small, flat, black spider or tick in the kitchen...but it had lobster type claws at the front. I put it in a container so I could get a better look at it. It kept lifting it's front claws up...like a crab or lobster. Anyway...yesterday I Googled and found out it was a Pseudoscorpion.
Looks like a job for Mrs N.
May 29th 2013, 12:17 pm
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Re: Black scorpion type of thing
Carpet beetles *shudder*...thank goodness we don't have carpets or rugs.
...don't do bugs. 
