This is the last desert critter that I have to post. I admit it has been easy to spot these guys in the hot, bright environment. We have been back in Redmond for two days and I have not seen quite as much wildlife. It is cooler and darker here, I hope I will be able to catch a glimpse of something in the garden!
Our very first night in our new home in Tucson was rather eventful. The home was vacated by the previous owners about one month before we could get there to take possession. We didn’t consider this to be a problem until we realized that there was also 4 weeks of no pest control and the house was devoid of furniture or movement which usually deters pests. Additionally, we had no beds so we would be sleeping on the floor while we waited for those to arrive. I was taking a shower that evening when I heard my husband shout out “we have a scorpion in the bedroom!” I hopped out fast and saw the little moving critter by the baseboard a few feet from where we were planning on sleeping. My hubby jumped into action and whacked it with his flip flop, killing it instantly! All we had to gather it up with was a paper plate.
This turned out to be one of three that my husband had to “take care of”, but after that we did not see anymore in the house. Just the tarantulas!
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Yikes! You have some series critters living at your house!! 😉
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I never did get a good picture of the bats! I do like those-they eat the other guys and (I think) they are cute!
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I agree!!
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Gotta love Arizona! That would deter me from sleeping on the floor for sure!
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my hubby was very happy when the beds arrived!
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😂 I would be too!
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Those things can sting, can’t they? I love critters but I’m not sure I’d want to share my house with one of those. They would be perfectly ok outside, but inside…uh..no. Tarantulas you say?
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Did you see my first critter connection installment? Ya, tarantulas!
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I just saw it now! You do have fun out there, don’t you? Haha
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yes, restarting my heart is a ton of fun Linda!
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Oh my god! You’re brave. I would be screaming and running outta here the instant I see a bug, let alone a deadly one.
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haahahahah I can’t stop laughing…the poor thing being wacked by a flip flop…but he his brave 🙂
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Actually, he was terrified, it was the scariest thing he had ever seen….until the tarantula came by!!
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Hi there I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award 🙂 Congrats
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You are so sweet!
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Arizona seems like an amazing place to live, all those amazing wee beasties! I’d love it, but I think my wife would absolutely freak out if she saw a scorpion, and if we had a tarantula pay a visit, she’d be out of the country before you could say Jack Robinson!! Lol!
To be perfectly honest, as much as I do love most insects, I think you were both very brave, the worst insect we have here in Scotland are the midges, which are quite tame and boring in comparison!! 🙂
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Those do bite though! I wish I could have obtained a picture of the bats! They were spectacular but so fast, and only around in the low light. Never got a decent pic!
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The midges certainly do bite, Dee, and they seem to love me! Lol!! But at least they aren’t poisonous!
Bats are wonderful critters, but nigh on impossible to photo, unless you have specialist equipment! But they are great to watch 🙂
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