Just found a scorpion crawling up my window mesh - managed to deal with it with half a can of industrial strength pif paf and my shoe

OMG Did you manage to kill it? If I were you I would check the entire house/garden to see whether this fella has any relatives hanging around.......

Yes gave it a serious hammering with my shoe - never seen any around here before but I know others have - bloody nightmare - why do these things always happen when hubby's away :curse: Managed to get a good luck at it and then googled it and it was most definately one - was about 3 inches long

That's not that big FD. Maybe mummy and daddy are around somewhere!

FD, just search the place around just to make sure you don't have any more of them Can't take chances with pets and kids playing in the garden.

you are sooooo brave, FD...i'd have freaked out for sure!

MM, xx

OMG I don't even know where to start they could be anywhere This was on the outside of the mesh so hopefully not inside the house - will a pest control visit work or will they need to know where they are??

If it was outside, then just check the garden. Just google and find out what their favourite hiding places are. I think with all the construction, these creatures have been displaced from their habitat. Not sure whether pest control will help.

We are hereeeeeeeeeeeee

Urghhhhh you ba$tard didn't get quite that good a look at it!! It was red though

a scorpian up your mesh? should have got them to sing "gorckee Park"

if you talk to them nice, they will go away as well, no need for the terminator Job !!

but her scorpion didn't speak english...

MM, xx

Red !! you killed it AND it had the poor bugger had sun burn as well..you crewl sod...

Babe I think "fick off" is the same anywere!!

We found a camel spider right on the toilet seat in Dubai last year. I won't post pictures of it but if you're interested... Google. It's a monster though, i've seen videos of it on youtube fighting 30 ants and eating huge lizards.