# Caught A Scorpion Climbing My Bedroom Wall Last Night **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623 "2005-05-06T00:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/1 "2005-05-06T00:11:53Z")
Didn’t like it much. Checked pillows and bedding before I went to sleep. This is only the 4th scorpion we have seen in the house in 5 years. It seems the best way to get rid of scorpions is to have chickens (they eat them) but I think my neighbors might look at me a little strange when they see a couple of chicken coups in the backyard. My fear is that where there is a little scorpion, there is a mommy and daddy and lots of little brothers and sisters nearby. Any suggestions for evicting the little critters will be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/2 "2005-05-06T00:14:56Z")
Scorpions in the U.S. are not generally considered dangerous. Still, it would be painful to be stung. Do you still have the one you found? Do you have a black light? They glow under a black light. How cool is that? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/3 "2005-05-06T00:16:35Z")
Oh, yeah… This thread reminds me I need to release the spider I caught in my bedroom last week. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/4 "2005-05-06T00:24:14Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > …but I think my neighbors might look at me a little strange when they see a couple of chicken **coups** in the backyard. (bolding mine) “Rise up, my feathered brethren! The revolution is at hand! _Vive l’original recipe!_” [sub]I’m sorry, but the deviled chicken made me do it…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/5 "2005-05-06T00:24:56Z")
I beleive it’s only teh Emperor scorpion that glows under the black light. I miss mine ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/6 "2005-05-06T00:27:21Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I beleive it’s only teh Emperor scorpion that glows under the black light. I miss mine I used to have a biology teacher who said she went out in the Mojave with a back light to find scorpons. Are Emperor scorpions indiginous to the Mojave? I also remember seening different scorpions glowing a the San Diego Wild Animal Park. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/7 "2005-05-06T00:30:01Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > I’m sorry, but the deviled chicken made me do it… Did the deviled chicken \*_drive_ you to it in the chicken **coupé**? 😃 [sub]For some reason a tag line for a commercial popped into my head. ‘Go all the way / With Chicken Coupé!’ Hm. Maybe a chicken dinner delivery service?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/8 "2005-05-06T00:40:48Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Any suggestions for evicting the little critters will be appreciated. I know it’s not the solution you wnated to hear, but if I found a SCORPION in my house, I would move the family and pets out, put all the photos and special keepsakes in a duffle bag, pile it all into a car, move the car across the street, and burn the goddamn house to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/9 "2005-05-06T01:24:56Z")
I understand scorpions deep fried taste like chips, but have an intoxicating effect because of the venom when eaten in large enough quantities. Heard this from a friend who spent time in Taiwan, where he was offered regular scorpion and “unleaded”; he prefered regular. Wish I’d known this when I lived in south Texas and had scorpions in my room every couple weeks. And I was bored. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/10 "2005-05-06T02:15:26Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Location: Chi NYC Berlin LA Vegas Which of these places was the scorpion in? (Preferably the one farthest from me.) ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/11 "2005-05-06T03:24:32Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I know it’s not the solution you wnated to hear, but if I found a SCORPION in my house, I would move the family and pets out, put all the photos and special keepsakes in a duffle bag, pile it all into a car, move the car across the street, and burn the goddamn house to the ground. Well, I don’t feel too bad now. I just emptied a .45 into one from the safe elevation of an Army cot. This was in Saudi Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/12 "2005-05-06T03:55:52Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > \*\* > Caught A Scorpion Climbing My Bedroom Wall Last Night \*\* You climbed a wall to catch a scorpion? 😕 You didn’t shoot an elephant in your pajamas too, didja?! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/13 "2005-05-06T04:18:48Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > [sub]For some reason a tag line for a commercial popped into my head. ‘Go all the way / With Chicken Coupé!’ Hm. Maybe a chicken dinner delivery service?[/sub] You are a sick, sick, dirty man. Or maybe I am for interpreting your tag line a certain way. [sub]the revolution _will_ be televised, with Emeril hosting[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/14 "2005-05-06T04:25:22Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > You are a sick, sick, dirty man. _Sí_. > [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Or maybe I am for interpreting your tag line a certain way. You know… I was actually thinking about _fried chicken dinners_. But whatever sets your sail… > [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > [sub]the revolution _will_ be televised, with Emeril hosting[/sub] You should see the ‘chicken stuffing scene’ in _Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras_\*. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/15 "2005-05-06T04:59:26Z")
Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras. I’ll check it out. By the by, ever hear of a “preview post” button? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/16 "2005-05-06T05:03:35Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Zombie! vs. Mardi Gras. I’ll check it out. It’s been called ‘The Worst Film Ever Made’. (I shot two scenes of it. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/17 "2005-05-06T05:22:12Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Which of these places was the scorpion in? > > (Preferably the one farthest from me.) Las Vegas. A friend at work told me one bit her while she was sleeping…she then woke up rather rapidly and her roommates came running in to see why she was screaming like a crazed woman in the middle of the night. And **RickJay** , if everyone who found a scorpion in their house in the Southwest packed their family and moved, you could buy houses here for $40. **Johnny L.A.** , you truly are a sick man and I might have to rethink voting for you for President as I stated in a recent thread. **GrizzRich** …that wasn’t an elephant in my pajamas…I just think you’re hot. Thank you all for your deep felt sympathy. I will sleep better tonight…assuming the Scorpion King does not smite me. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/18 "2005-05-06T05:46:34Z")
Scorpions are a regular thing in my room. “Here I am (bum bum, bumbumbubuuuhbubuh) Rock you like a huricaaaane!” Oops, wrong scorpions. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/19 "2005-05-06T12:22:44Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Las Vegas. > > And **RickJay** , if everyone who found a scorpion in their house in the Southwest packed their family and moved, you could buy houses here for $40. In Florida, we have the same issues with palmetto bugs, aka cockroaches. We get big ones, roaches you could spray-paint yellow and put in Easter baskets to pass off as chicks. But you could keep a perfectly clean, spotless house and never leave food laying out, and still find one scuttling around from time to time. I’ve seen a few in the house I moved into in December, and eventually stopped taking them as a personal affront to my housekeeping skills. I dislike huge roaches, but they just come with the territory when you live in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623/20 "2005-05-06T12:40:43Z")
Palmetto bug is what a realtor calls a cockroach in front of a potential home buyer. A friend of mine had a scorpion experience in boot camp. He was packed into a truck with a bunch of other recruits. Really packed in, standing room only pressed against each other. That’s when a scorpion crawls out of and onto the bedroll of the guy in front of him. It’s about six inches from his nose and it’s all riled up. Keep in mind that the bedroll in question is on top of the backback being worn by the guy in front of him. “Sergeant? What do we do if we see a scorpion?” Everything freezes. “Where is the scorpion, private?” “On Smiths bedroll.” Smith becomes very nervous. So the sergeant works his way back to Smith, takes out a combat knife and proceeds to spear said scorpion. Smith is much relieved. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caught-a-scorpion-climbing-my-bedroom-wall-last-night/302623.md?page=2)