we've only had 2 in the house (to my knowledge) both in the kitchen and they match perfectly with the light brown tiles we have on the floor.
We do have the Orkin man come out once every couple of months 2 spray for "things" but having found 2 black widows in my garage this week I'm beginning to think it isn't doing much good!!!!
Oh the joys of life in Texas....and no, I don't live in a trailer

I've got an LED UV flashlight bought from Lowes for $15 and they do glow under it. Forget pesticides and bug men you just have to hunt for them and crush them or if you are squeamish put them in some Tupperware and put them in the freezer to die. (You can wear a pith helmet when hunting ).

I had the same thought - "ouch" damn pesky little critters!!!!

I mean "ouch" wouldn't that be "hubby wake the f**k up get up and sort that b*sta*d out now, and stay awake guarding the door for the rest of this night and forever onwards!!! making sure nothing EVER gets me again!!!"

Yep!

In fact, I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Sorry about that. ~It gets worse - I went to the dentist this morning. On the way home, some bug about 4" long flew into the windscreen, leaving a splash of blood and fell onto the bonnet. It lay there for 12 miles, then flew off like nothing had happened.

What kind of monsters do they have down here?

That might explain the patch on my forehead that looked & felt like a wasp sting, the other day...

I've got one of those UV fluorescent lights. I'll dig it out of the garage, if I can fight my way past the scorpions...

Oh. My. God. I am NEVER moving to Texas!

Here in Cheeseland we get massive centipedes and horrible browny-red earwigs that hide inside my patio umbrella, waiting to drop on to my head as soon as I sit on my deck. Oh, and fleas. GODDAM F.CKING FLEAS! My cat's been shampooed twice, wears a flea collar, we've vacuumed, cleaned the carpets TWICE, and sprayed the entire goddam house with flea spray, but the little f.ckers keep biting Little O!

But even after all that, I would still take cat fleas over scorpions.

General rule of scorpions is the bigger they are, the less venomous they are.
Smaller == more dangerous.

And I was reading this thinking how lucky I am to be living in Northern California and not Texas. Apparently I shouldn't be so complacent.
Never seen one down this way and really hope that I won't. Something to do with the heat (or lack of) maybe?

Just whacked a Black Widow with a dustpan.

I am hard.

Are you sure it's dead?

It's extremely flat

That's ok then...yes you are right hard you are!

I'm wondering what Alaska's like, as a place to live.

No scorpions in Ohio... there's a nice house for sale in my street. Made of bricks, too, not poxy Yank wood.

Yer dead 'ard you is.

Ohio's on the list of possible locations, for when we get out of the boonies. Mind, if that house hasn't sold by then, I dread to think...