This is how my cats earn their keep. This is one of those multi-legged things I mentioned earlier. Only, I didn't find this alive...Thank God! Yes! It is a Scorpion. But, it is smaller than those which we are used to seeing on TV and in books. In my state, they aren't likely to kill a person unless said person has an allergy to stings or bug bites. But, that doesn't mean that if you are unlucky enough to step on one in the middle of the night, you won't be in some severe pain. They are just as vicious as their bigger, deadlier desert dwelling relatives.
My girls are great hunters. I have found about 4 or 5 (if memory serves) dead scorpions in my house over the years. This one makes 2 in just under 2 weeks. I am guessing that the cooler weather, in combination with the severe drought, has them seeking heat and moisture inside my humble abode.
No matter how mad at my girls I am about their unwillingness to use the Litter Kwitter...and their relentless rivers of pee and piles of poo that I have to clean up...I do appreciate them for the skilled huntresses that they are and the security that their skill brings me if I have to get up in the middle of the night and traipse around my house barefoot.
I used my hairpin as a reference point to give you an idea about just how small the scorpions in my state really are. Not big at all! Which is comforting...a little!
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