Cockroaches & Scorpions (Austin, Pflugerville, Terrell: homes, construction, subdivision)

[intmd8r]

Originally Posted by hoffdano

We have three cats and they have no impact as far as I can tell on our scorpion sightings. We see several a year in the house, and a few more outside.

Seriously? I would soooo fire those cats!

As Runemaster said, our cats would simply demolish those poor things. In the 11 years we lived in Phoenix, we only had one house where we even saw them at all and it was a new construction neighborhood. The first one I ever found was so smashed flat that I honestly didn't even know what it was. When I found it, I called him over and said "What is THAT?!" When he said it was a scorpion, I said, "no it's not!"

Good kitty, kitty.

[Runemaster]

Originally Posted by hoffdano

We have three cats and they have no impact as far as I can tell on our scorpion sightings. We see several a year in the house, and a few more outside.

You don't have a scorpion problem, you have a lazy cat problem.

[CarnivalGal]

Originally Posted by Runemaster

Are you allowed to shoot 'em?

You can shoot anything in Texas if it's on your property

[JayBrown80]

Originally Posted by mm57553

You can shoot anything in Texas if it's on your property

LOL< you have to warn them first. Either verbally at the time, or by posting a sign warning against trespassing at all reasonable points of egress.

[Runemaster]

Originally Posted by JayBrown80

LOL< you have to warn them first. Either verbally at the time, or by posting a sign warning against trespassing at all reasonable points of egress.

So, I warn the roach, then shoot. Good to know.

[JayBrown80]

Originally Posted by Runemaster

So, I warn the roach, then shoot. Good to know.

I want to keep you out of trouble with the law Runemaster!!! You can't write posts for me to read from the slammer.

[paul6835]

in 5 years here, I've never seen a scorpion bigger than and inch long in the body (the smaller they are, the longer in proportion their tails are to body it seems). When I heard there were scorpions here, I was expecting something like this:



but in reality they're more like this:

[ATX Wahine]

I thank the heavens that my schnauzer is a master scorpion hunter. When he sees one in the house he sits next to it and barks until we come to see what the ruckus is. Awesome little habit the boy has.

[intmd8r]

I don't know if it's the same with the scorpions there, but in Phoenix you would rather run into one of those big ones. The smaller and lighter in color they were, the more dangerous/poisonous they were.

Most of the ones I saw were very light brown and very small; not good. Though the one that we saw alive and cornered in our kitchen was more like the big one. It was fun watching the cats toy with it, too!

[paul6835]

scorpions in AZ are much more dangerous than the ones here. none in TX pose any risk to humans