And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Gila monsters, rattlesnakes, scorpions, tarantula, brown recluse, black widow, constitutional and open carry, water shortages, skin cancer, thorns everywhere, bad-driving snowbirds, grumpy retirees, and OMG - Indians (Hopi / Dine / Tohono / Apache / Yavapai / Yuma / et al) and Hispanics (who just may have been here first...)! Everything and everyone is scary and dangerous and trying to kill you. (Sarc) Stay away - go elsewhere! (Not Sarc) Nice porch - what's with the haze? And who puts cactus on the table? Plenty outside.
One of the things that you learn when you live in the desert is how to deal with scorpions (and other insects). It ain't hard, really, and isn't much different than what you'd do in other places.
1. At your home, keep your property inhospitable to insects. Use a pest control company. Keep anything that might attract pests (food) as cleaned up as possible.
2. In the wild, recognize that you are a guest in their home, and tread carefully. If you have to lift up a rock or something else that might be hiding a scorpion, snake or anything else that you wouldn't want to bite you, do it slowly and carefully.
Yup. Shake out your shoes. Even had one in towels in the 2nd floor linen closet. We caught a Gila monster once (and released). It feels like a seed pearl purse. Beautiful.
Wear a hat, mate. When one drops onto the table, don't worry - a tarantula will follow and clean it up.
ReplyDeleteMore worried about rattlers.
ReplyDeleteGila monsters, rattlesnakes, scorpions, tarantula, brown recluse, black widow, constitutional and open carry, water shortages, skin cancer, thorns everywhere, bad-driving snowbirds, grumpy retirees, and OMG - Indians (Hopi / Dine / Tohono / Apache / Yavapai / Yuma / et al) and Hispanics (who just may have been here first...)! Everything and everyone is scary and dangerous and trying to kill you. (Sarc)
ReplyDeleteStay away - go elsewhere! (Not Sarc)
Nice porch - what's with the haze? And who puts cactus on the table? Plenty outside.
Cactus on the table is fine with me. As long as it’s the only prick at the table.
DeleteYou forgot centipedes.
DeleteAyup. Everything stings, sticks, bites, or scratches.
ReplyDeleteOne of the things that you learn when you live in the desert is how to deal with scorpions (and other insects). It ain't hard, really, and isn't much different than what you'd do in other places.
ReplyDelete1. At your home, keep your property inhospitable to insects. Use a pest control company. Keep anything that might attract pests (food) as cleaned up as possible.
2. In the wild, recognize that you are a guest in their home, and tread carefully. If you have to lift up a rock or something else that might be hiding a scorpion, snake or anything else that you wouldn't want to bite you, do it slowly and carefully.
This ain't rocket surgery.
azlibertarian
A startup here in Arizona makes a foundation paint that's so slick the critters can't climb it to get in.
ReplyDeleteShake your boots out before putting them on.
ReplyDeleteYup. Shake out your shoes. Even had one in towels in the 2nd floor linen closet. We caught a Gila monster once (and released). It feels like a seed pearl purse. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNice scenery though.
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