Ok... before I finish up (hopefully some time in the near future) posting all the Hawaii pictures I am going to take a short break to tell you just how much I DETEST scorpions.

With my new, awesome flashlight I am going to do my best to completely erradicate all scorpions from my yard.

*Scorpion Facts *

Scorpions evolved about 450 million years ago, and they're still here.

Scorpion "hot spots" (like my neighborhood, aparently), can be traced to ancient waterways and native immigration canals that paved the first paths of scorpions in the Valley.

Scorpions like to make their way from yard to yard inside hollow cinderblock walls.

They won't cross the blacktop and that is why one side of a street may have scorpions while the other side may not.

More scorpions can be found inside neighborhoods than in the desert.
They can live inside walls and can go for more than a year without food or water.

Prehistoric scorpions grew to be 9-12 feet long .

Found this one in the laundry room.

Below is a picture of what scorpions look like under a black light (like my wonderful new flashlight).

They "light up" real nice, huh?

I LOVE my new flashlight.

Here are some statistics (since I got the flashlight):

7/16/2007 = 12

7/17/2007 = 4

7/18/2007 = 2

7/19/2007 = 1

7/20/2007 = 0

7/21/2007 = 5

7/22/2007 - 7/24/2007 = 0

7/25/2007 = 4 (babies)

7/26/2007 = 1 (baby)

7/27/2007 = 0

22 of the above scorp's were found on the cinderblock walls in the back yard.

1 scorp was found in the rocks in the front yard.

The 5 babies plus 1 regular scorp were found in the rocks in the back yard.

I highly, highly, highly, highly recommend the flashlight. It is one of the best investments I have ever made.

*Update* About 3:30 this morning I heard "a noise" so I got up to investigate.

With Frank leading the way (ok, he was really hiding behind me), we discovered the little box fan had fallen over and in to a metal garbage can. Ok, that explains that. What to do now?

You guessed it... Time to go scorpion hunting! Not having found one for several days, I am pleased to announce there is one less scorpion in the world. :-D

This one was actually running around IN the grass. It actually looked pretty cool. They are faster than I thought they would be as well.

08/01/2007 = 1

Running total = 16 days and 30 scorpions.