perksy

Do we get them here? Just wondered because I've just despatched something that looks like a cross between a spider and a scorpion. Light brown in colour, about 20mm long. Not sure if it was a baby or not because it had the body features of a scorpion but was very spindly and didnt have a hard body shell. Sorry no pics of it because I squashed it under my boot.

Catch

Found one crawling on the carpet last week,about the same size dont know how it got into the house

perksy

We have a pic!! The mrs took one on her phone before she shouted me to deal with it, its not very good quality though because in her words ' I was shaking like a shitting dog' when she took it.

Think I'm going to barrier spray the outside of the house today

this charming man

damn,thought theyd announced a tour.

perksy

Catch

heard of thease in Europe i dont think they grow any bigger than this,They are bigger one's in the bush and in the interior.Still a shock seeing one.

perksy

Yep defo a shock seeing them, only just got used to the spiders here never mind these things aswell

Dorothy

Yes, we get scorpions here. Not seen one yet, but the old man has.

sunbather

We had one living in the bath outlet for a few days before we released it back into the garden. It would appear for a few hours then scuttled off back down the plugholefor a while. It was actually quite cute. Especially seeing as we knew it couldn't climb the sides of the bath

ABCDiamond

Scorpions are mostly nocturnal but they can be active during the day, especially during prolonged wet weather.

There are 29 species of Scorpion in Australia.

First aid for a sting is to apply a cold pack and to seek medical aid if pain persists.


Pain?
Fortunately, Australian scorpions aren't as poisonous as those in other countries. A sting might hurt for a few hours. The victim might need some treatment for pain but there should be no long lasting effects.

Scorpions are good for pest control in the garden, so if you do get one in the house, put it back in the garden, if you can, rather than killing it.

There are over 1500 species of scorpion (world-wide) but only 25 can kill people.

sj oldfield

Scorpions are good for pest control in the garden, so if you do get one in the house, put it back in the garden, if you can, rather than killing it.

The same applies to a majority of spiders!!

ABCDiamond

Personally I say kill them all... and the ants too... they bite me, I stand in them

rockpeblar

We live in the hilly part of Perth and found two small scorpions running around indoors - slightly worried as we have two toddlers running around the house.
I was sh*t scared when I pulled out, from the bottom of the pool, their great grand daddy who was a good 60mm in size and thankfully dead!!

livinginreality

They have......of Perksy's house

perksy

Bloody critters