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Scropion hunt...
I always wanted to do this, and found that we have not only a native species in Western N.C. but two stowaways. Centruroides vittatus, and Centruroides hentzi have made there way in through goods being shipped here. Ken,a friend of mine and I found three Vejovis carolinianus last night with the help of a black light. We only manadged to capture one. Ken has that one in his collection now but we're going back for 1 or 2 more...it's one Very cool looking scorp, dark smokey gray with plumb color pedipalps. I found this one of all places trapped in an old spider web hanging by it's telson...what an easy catch. The other two were quick to use the cracks in the old barn walls, it broke my heart to walk away knowing they were two inches from my hand. One thing I learned last night was that not only scorps glow under a black light but so do a number of other critters, including nightcrawlers, spiders, and millipedes.
Does anyone know anything about this scorp? There's very little about them on the web.
I always wanted to do this, and found that we have not only a native species in Western N.C. but two stowaways. Centruroides vittatus, and Centruroides hentzi have made there way in through goods being shipped here. Ken,a friend of mine and I found three Vejovis carolinianus last night with the help of a black light. We only manadged to capture one. Ken has that one in his collection now but we're going back for 1 or 2 more...it's one Very cool looking scorp, dark smokey gray with plumb color pedipalps. I found this one of all places trapped in an old spider web hanging by it's telson...what an easy catch. The other two were quick to use the cracks in the old barn walls, it broke my heart to walk away knowing they were two inches from my hand. One thing I learned last night was that not only scorps glow under a black light but so do a number of other critters, including nightcrawlers, spiders, and millipedes.
Does anyone know anything about this scorp? There's very little about them on the web.