Poisonous surprise!

Tom Kenney · Post by **Tom Kenney** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:46 pm

I saw dozens of these guys marching around Blue Ridge Rd last night. Size is about 6cm x 3cm. I've seen a couple other varieties of (much) smaller ones, so this came as a bit of a shock.

Slowest_Hiker · Post by **Slowest_Hiker** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 3:12 pm

Yuck. I was there yesterday too, during the day on bikes. Not interested in encountering that thing.

Post by **Sean** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:50 pm

Has anyone here been stung by a scorpion?

JerryN · Post by **JerryN** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:40 am

I have them in my yard in the Santa Monica Mts. Apparently the species here are not poisonous. I don't know about the one pictured in this thread, but typically California scorpions west of the deserts might have a toxic sting, but are not dangerous. (of course one could be allergic to the toxin)