[meteorite-list] Creepy crawlies!

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:40:13 -0800 (PST)
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I have been bitten (more like chewed on)?by Wind Scorpion on my large toe when I feel asleep on my back porch.? Left a distinctive scar that only a creature with two independent sets of jaws can deliver.? Surprisingly, it wasn't as painful as being stung by bark scorpion which feels like somebody is burning you with a hot coal for hours. They are?afraid of nothing and will attack anything that moves. I had one chasing me around my back patio.? It moved so quickly that I could not tell what it was until I trapped it.


You think Sun Spiders and Wind Scorpions are bad.?On a one to ten scale, a sting from a Tarantula Hawk rates a ten as far as pain goes while a bee sting only rares a one or two and a scorpion sting rates a three or four.? I can only imagine one of these things flying through the air carrying a giant tarantula spider?payload.? If you startle it while it is carrying the alive spider back to its nest, it is liable to drop it on?you in mid flight.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2010/07/16/tarantula-hawks-deliver-the-big-sting/
I have only seen two of these.? One landed on my sandal while I was wearing it and the other I smashed onto the the side of my head when it buzzed me under a streetlamp.? What a mess!? I identified it through the giant red wings that I combed out of my hair. Thankfully I was not stung by either one.? A sting from one of these will make the strongest man curl up in the fetal position and cry "mama".

Be Careful,

Adam
Received on Fri 11 Jan 2013 09:40:13 PM PST