Can anyone Id this little baby?
Can anyone Id this little baby?
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Toni896

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2,188 posts

242 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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as per title really, jumped onto my desk ..

TameRacingDriver

19,368 posts

288 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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Scorpion? Cute.

WestYorkie

1,811 posts

211 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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It's a A4 pad isn't it?
Oh BTW there's a big feckin scorpion on that page!

TVR1

5,468 posts

241 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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If that bad boy is still alive and you are sitting in Manchester, don't touch the fka and get some fire.

Is it hissing at you?

It is a Scouseburrowing Scorpion, fairly harmless but riled if provoked. Just check your car keys, as it's probably trying to get home.


It could of course be Isambard Kingdom Brunels envoy from the afterlife, just checking your engineering calculations



Edited by TVR1 on Sunday 23 October 03:39

Toni896

Original Poster:

2,188 posts

242 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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Nope im not sitting in Manchester, 3500 miles away .. it did get get a bit annoyed but didnt hiss ..

Toni896

Original Poster:

2,188 posts

242 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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WestYorkie said:
It's a A4 pad isn't it?
Oh BTW there's a big feckin scorpion on that page!
Nope A5 pad ..

TVR1

5,468 posts

241 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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In the sand pit?

Toni896

Original Poster:

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242 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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TVR1 said:
In the sand pit?
Yip, but I think st hole is a more appropriate description ..

TVR1

5,468 posts

241 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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Toni896 said:
TVR1 said:
In the sand pit?
Yip, but I think st hole is a more appropriate description ..
Looks like a deathstalker. If it is, it isn't a plaything. Having said that, always best to err on the side of caution. This coming from someone who once mistook an Australian brown snake for a harmless Australian rat snake.

Oh and if you want to find out how many more you have in the house, get an ultra violet light. All scorpions flouresce. hehe




Edited by TVR1 on Sunday 23 October 04:11

erdnase

1,963 posts

217 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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TVR1 said:
Looks like a deathstalker.
What a name! Sounds *totally* harmless and cute wink

hidetheelephants

30,468 posts

209 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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Yik. I think I would have polished its carapace with the heel of my shoe before I paused to take a picture.

oilydan

2,030 posts

287 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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I once received a phone call from my wife informing me that, after I had left for work in the morning, she had been making the bed and found what we later discovered to be a Deathstalker under my pillow.

We had another in the house that a mate mistook for a curtain tie-back hook on the wall. How we laughed on the way to the hospital.

From the photo it looks like the claws are a bit fat for a Deathstalker and overall looks a bit big to be dangerous...

Pints

18,448 posts

210 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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hidetheelephants said:
Yik. I think I would have polished its carapace with the heel of my shoe before I paused to take a picture.
It's the PH way.

There's someone breaking into the house. Quick! To Pistonheads. They'll know what to do.

I'm being attacked by a brown bear wielding a Maglite. The good chaps on PH will have some sound advice on this deadly situation.

hehe

Jasandjules

71,123 posts

245 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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He has quite small pincers compared to his tail, so I'd say he is a little bit poisonous.

Invite him to leave politely.


Toni896

Original Poster:

2,188 posts

242 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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hidetheelephants said:
Yik. I think I would have polished its carapace with the heel of my shoe before I paused to take a picture.
Oh didnt pause, ran back to the accom to get camera, then let it go ..

R300will

3,799 posts

167 months

Sunday 23rd October 2011
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The smaller they are the more deadly they are as a rule so get rid of the little fecker.

therealpigdog

2,592 posts

213 months

Monday 24th October 2011
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R300will said:
The smaller they are the more deadly they are as a rule so get rid of the little fecker.
flaw in theory is age of the critter.

safer assumption: the darker they are, the less harmless; and the bigger the pincers, the less harmless.

He's light coloured with small pincers - I'd get rid!

Worth getting a UV light on him first though - I never realised they glowed until last week!

V100

1,421 posts

172 months

Monday 24th October 2011
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I'd slice the fker in half with a bread knife. I hate scorpions.

minky monkey

1,557 posts

182 months

Wednesday 26th October 2011
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TVR1 said:
If that bad boy is still alive and you are sitting in Manchester, don't touch the fka and get some fire.

Is it hissing at you?

It is a Scouseburrowing Scorpion, fairly harmless but riled if provoked. Just check your car keys, as it's probably trying to get home.
Are you sure? It's hasn't got a tracksuit or curly wig on?