A previous post motivated me to........

[Gregg M]

Ask this question......... Who here has been stung by scorpions, and by what species????? I have been stung by Emps, Red claws C.exillicauda(arizona barks), C.vittatus (texas barks), C.hentzi, C.gracilis, Flatrocks, but the worst by far was from Parabuthus trans. (black thicktailed spitting scorp)..... Suprizingly enough the stings I have gotten from the arizona bark scorpions were not bad at all........ C. vittatus stings hurt pretty bad but subsides pretty fast....... The stings I have recieved from Parabuthus were very painful and the pain did not go away completely for a few days...... One sting was particularly bad....... It was from a 4 inch female.......... I had pain almost all the way up to my shoulder..... And it was almost instant....... Scorpion venom plays havoc on your pain receptors........ I know that getting stung is nothing to brag about and should not be the norm, but when you deal with scorps by the hundreds its alittle hard to avoid.......LOL....... Just wanted to hear some other experiances with scorpion stings......