Striped Bark Scorpions

[darc]

Anyone ever kept a striped bark scorpion? These guys are very insistent on getting into my house... so I figure I'll just scoop up the next one I find in the bathroom floor and throw him in a viv... could prove to be an interesting experiment. They stay very small (2 inches) and are widespread through this part of the country.

I live in Central Arkansas and had only seen one or two my entire life until I moved into my new house in March (in the middle of town) ~ found three in the house since then. I still haven't figured out how the little buggers are getting in...

Anyway, just curious if anyone had ever kept one before.
-darc

Note: They are venomous and pack a pretty nasty sting (likened to a wasp sting, from webpages I've read). That can be deduced by looking at the small size of their pincers, but I looked it up to confirm.

[Austin]

On survivor man he ate a bark scorpian O.o
Cut off the stinger first though =)

[darc]

One of the little guys I found in my bathroom :


Yeah... I know my bathroom floor is hairy, but both the wife and I have hair over 12" long, and that's the guest bathroom (behind the door! No one looks there... except scorpions) so we don't clean it as often as our master bath... so sue me : D

-darc

[bareass]

man i wish there was small wild life where i live, all we have here are garter snakes which are illigal to touch, a few rattlers, and mosquitoes!

[Vasill_SVK]

Centruroides vittatus are cool things.About a year ago I had one and he stings me.I can tell, It was pretty paintful.My whole hand was in fire ..That´s one of the reasons why I don´t keep very poisonous scorpions anymore.

[beckdg]

oh yeah he's a keeper... they may have burrowed in through a crack in the foundation or more likely through a gap at the bottom of a door or something... they squeeze into pretty tight spaces... you'd be surprised shell and all how thin they can get if need be

[Hiide]

Those little suckers are everywhere in Texas. Almost everyone has stepped on one at least.


I'm still lucky, but that's probably because they have not managed to find a way up my stairs yet

[Nate-87]

if you really don't like em... you could send em up North...

-Nate

p.s.
I'll pay shipping :P