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Scorpion 2024-09-04

This may be the first time I’ve seen one before it stung me.

This Striped Bark Scorpion, Centruroides vittatus, did not sting me at all.

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“It’s stinging me!” screeched Gretchen as she rushed into the house.

Yes, “screeched” is the word she later used to describe the loud noise she made.

As you can see, she then managed to fling this Striped Bark Scorpion off her, but the Centruroides vittatus landed on the sink.

Like the one I stepped on recently, this one hurt like a bee sting, but caused no noticeable damage by the next morning.

The amusing part is that Gretchen did not get this scorpion here at the farm.

She got it in downtown Valdosta.

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That’ll wake you up.

No scorpions were harmed in the making of this blog post. I ditched that striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) off the porch rail.

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This’ll wake you up, when it finds you in your morning firewood.

Trust me on this.

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Seen while picking corn, about two inches long, and would not stay still:

Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 October 2012.

Did you know scorpions are not insects? They're arachnids: eight legs, like spiders.

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So I was going to sit in this chair.

Picture by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 11 September 2011.

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About two inches long:

Scorpion, or stinging lizard, as some people call them.

Picture by Gretchen.