So I went back out to go camping in the eastern foothills of the central washington cascades and thought I'd pick up some substrate for the tiny, neat little scorpion I caught there earlier this year. Sure enough, I caught a WAY bigger one that flouresces all over (while my tiny northern scorpion doesn't flouress on its sides). This scorpion is easily more than three inches long!!!!!
I was thinking, is this too big to be a northern scorpion? So I typed in "washington state scorpions" and found this artice:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/116658_critters10_copy.shtml
which states:
"Scorpions live in Washington, including a rare big brown one that reaches 2 1/2 inches in length and resides in the southern part of the state, including west of the Cascades. But their sting is no worse than a bee's and is said to fade faster. Scorpions occasionally are found by campers in Eastern Washington -- my other son brought one home in a jar from a trip to the Potholes -- but really are not a problem."
Of course it would help if I had a pic up here but I won't till later when I have access to camera.
I was thinking, is this too big to be a northern scorpion? So I typed in "washington state scorpions" and found this artice:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/116658_critters10_copy.shtml
which states:
"Scorpions live in Washington, including a rare big brown one that reaches 2 1/2 inches in length and resides in the southern part of the state, including west of the Cascades. But their sting is no worse than a bee's and is said to fade faster. Scorpions occasionally are found by campers in Eastern Washington -- my other son brought one home in a jar from a trip to the Potholes -- but really are not a problem."
Of course it would help if I had a pic up here but I won't till later when I have access to camera.