QUOTE (Rusty's mom @ Aug 15 2008, 12:45 PM)
In our desert we have this terrible spider that comes every nite in the summer. I freak out and get the light and kill it. Well, Rusty would see them before I did. They are pretty big and scary. Called vinegaroons here.
I just found this so now I know what you are talking about
Giant Vinegarone
The body is like a beetle, but it has pinchers like a scorpion. The tail is about 2 inches long, and appears to act like an antenna of sorts but does not appear to be a stinger. It gives off an awful and irritant smell that hurts the eyes and throat. This thing is freaky and looks like a cross breed of a scorpion and a beetle.
Whipscorpion is commonly called a Vinegarone, or Grampus in the South. It is a harmless relative of scorpions and it gets the name Vinegarone because of the vinegar scented acid they release from a gland near the tail. They are shy nocturnal hunters that are seldom encountered.
EWWWWWWWWWWW ........ I HATE SPIDER'S, GLAD YOU DIDNT POST A PIC WITH THAT. CREEPY!!!! HOPE WE DONT HAVE THOSE SPIDER'S HERE IN CHICAGO! PROBABLY TOO COLD :shrug
DEBBIE & MASON
okay, if I saw that I wouldn't think it was a spider. it looks like a scorpion.(sp) still EWWWWWWWWWWW!!
DEBBIE & MASON
:lol:
I was trying to be nice and not post the yuck picture. Didn't want any of you girls to have nightmares.... I hate spiders too :ph43r: