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Originally posted by spunky1
Do they hibernate? Are there black scorpions in Arizona?
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They are amazing, they're like natures most perfect predator. If you mean the black ones like in Mexico that are poisonous, no. There are something like 45 varieties in Az, with the bark scorpion being the only one that's really any danger at all unless you are allergic to them.
Symptoms from the bark are numbness in the affected areas and the more you use the limb the further up it goes -- for instance if you are stung on the hand and you wave the arm around you might get numb up to your face.
Small children and old or sick people can be in danger from them, but a healthy adult without an allergy usually is fine in a day or so except for some lingering tenderness at the sting.
If you've got crickets at your house in Az, you do not have scorpions, since that's their favorite food. They like to hide and wait on their prey in cooler, dark areas but sometimes they do come out. Exterminators usually use a powder to kill them, after they walk across it they not only die but will track it back to the nest if there is one and the babies will die as well.
I don't live in Az any more, but when I did, McDowell Mtn Ranch was the place I had the most of them, followed by Paradise Valley. When I lived at 44th and Camelback I never saw another one, mostly because that area is older and doesnt have huge acreage for each home like PV does.
I've got a metal scorpion sculpture in my living room now and the stinger catches people that walk by on their pants leg if they aren't careful ;)