Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Scorpions 2 & 3, 2008


Scorpion #3 I found just after I came back from England. I had picked up the dish that we keep at the back of the stove that I put onions in and was cleaning it of old dried onion skins, and there beneath one bit of skin was this dead, junior scorpion. I saved its body. Very interesting to be able to look at it up close at leisure.


The backside


The underneath

Scorpion #2 I have no photo of, and he wouldn't normally be included in the count, as he was outside; but he IS included in the count because he almost fell onto my head when I opened the door to the shed on July 4th. They count if they come into such close range, even if it's outside.

It's a lesser scorpion year. Not that I am complaining—but you know, I'd rather have the scorpions than the brown recluses.

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