Well I was about to go to bed...and then I get stung by this thing.

I live in Tempe, having just moved here from Phoenix. Probably going to use a flame thrower on the bed before getting in, just to make sure tonight.

Worst fear!

My aunt had a new construction here when I was a kid and they had scorpions in the house. Just a battle you fight for disturbing them. I need to remember they exist here. Just because I haven't seen them doesn't mean they aren't here!

I don't think I would sleep for a long long time if that happened to me.

Well... On a positive note this makes me feel a lot better about the critters we have here in Canada... Maybe I really am a baby freaking out over spiders when you're over there dealing with scorpions and tarantulas and shxt....????????

That's a scorpion..

I'm in Arizona too... So I feel your pain. Where in AZ are you? Hopefully you can get rid of them!

The ones in west Texas like this around where I used to live were "harmless" it just felt like you stuck what ever got stung into a fire for about 30 mins lol.

HELL NO

Omg??? I showed my dh and he glanced real quick and asked why there was an iud laying on that bed hahahhaha! Hope it stops hurting soon.

I got stung and just put ointment on it and it's fine and healed now

Living in Canada has its perks!

I'd literally die.

Haha

here you ladies are, freaking out, and I'm just here thinking, I can't wait till I get, my pet scorpion.

Still that's not good.

Wash area with soap and water, ice 10 min take off 10 min an repeat, take Tylenol and benadryl. Watch for neuro signs if nothing UR good. Happened to me last week.

I have nothing to offer but this:

Scorpions are like lobsters and nightmares combined...

Oh my gosh!! ??

That fuqken hurts i was stung by one at 4 years of age and still remember..

I'm fine! I slept with the lights on last night though and kept waking up every couple hours due to being paranoid lol.

We have those in Arkansas too. When I first moved here from Michigan, I was laying in bed and I saw one of the little effers slither under the door. I didn't know we had them here, so I trapped it under a Tupperware and called my husband at work crying until he came home and killed it. A week later, my son (he was only about 9 months old) was about to pick one up and put it in his mouth until my husband smashed it. We didn't know it was even in our apartment. Since moving to this house in 2013, I haven't seen one thank goodness. I hope you're okay OP!

Nope nope nope!!! I found a brown racluse in our house, since my husband insisted we are now currently packing to move... i can never imagine finding one of those in my home let alone my bed. Hell no. I would leave everything i owned in the house and just leave... fack that

What part of Texas are you all seeing scorpions?! I just want to make sure I'm safe!

I'm in SC, haven't seen any here. In TX though we had them & in OK too! My dad got stung in the middle of the night & went back to sleep lol

I hope you are ok OP!

^pp in Tx too and we have what you described. We just built our house and they are still building in our community = scorpions constantly being stirred up. I reached in our fruit bowl when pregnant and the little $hit stung me on my hand. Scared me to death! Stomped on it and put ice- felt like wasp sting. They creep me out. One was also on our back porch and I didn't notice until my 2 yo was hammering the patio with a bat and he had killed one?

I see scorpions all the time here in Texas but ours are brown/black and hurt like a sonofa b**** but are harmless. I've never seen one that color before.

I hate living in Arizona. We have all kinds of creepy critters here. I would love to move.

@Cafe I've seen one or two here in Mississippi, so it wouldn't be too far fetched. I don't think they're very common though. I'm more worried about the mosquito-bugs in LA. Lol.

If you live in Arizona your fine those aren't deadly but annoying if bit it will tingle a while that's all nothing serious.

Looks like a toy

Here I am sitting in Canada thanking God the worst thing I have to deal with is an angry moose, my melting igloo or the odd polor bear.. Jokes. But that's gross...

We've got them here in S.C ?

How are you op?

Edit: I can't recall ever seeing one this color though, I believe I've only seen black ones.

Edit again: just read the comments, I haaaaate wolf spiders! Every time I see a big spider I feel like they're on me and have the urge to strip my clothes off. I ran across one of those mofo's a few weeks ago and bout got naked in the front yard ?

Georgia has scorpions????

If they're that far east does that mean Louisiana has them too?

I've been stung by one. I was in Oklahoma though. Ugh so nasty!

Call poison control to be sure of the type of scorpion. Depending on where you live I may not be poisonous. Yes they all have venom but some are not dangerous even though they are small. I live in GA and the small brown ones here are not poisonous. It hurts stings/burns but it won't kill you or cause permanent damage.

However treating a sting of any kind right away with vinegar neutralizes the venom and eases discomfort and stops the spread of the venom. You can also ice the area to constrict the blood vessels and slow down the spread while you figure out what to do.

I said it earlier and I'll say it again.

ARIZONA NEEDS TO GO!!!

Like as in, gone. Vanish. No longer here. And take your terantilas and scorpions with you!

O.M.G is that a scorpion??? I'd go to the hospital and get an allergic injection or something.. I don't know very much about that stuff... But O.M.G

This is one of the reasons I like living in Alaska, no scary insects!! Or snakes. Ugh! I'm sorry that happened to you. How terrifying.

Not a fan... Im a Scorpio, and I'm still not a fan. Burn the house down immideatly. ????

Gotta love lifting a blanket and finding these batches. Yay Arizona!

I got bit once when I went on vacation to Mexico. The pain was awful I cried all night. I didn't go to the hospital my aunt had anti venom made of alcohol and scorpions and she made me chew on garlic ewwww.. But I was better the next day..

Hope you feel better..

@blaw THANKYOU !!! My bf is deathly afraid of bugs , especially mommies carrying babies . I showed him a picture and he slapped my phone out of my hand and almost jumped off the bed ???????

I've actually seen a momma scorpion with babies all over its back though and the same thing happens when you kill them, they scatter everywhere. ?

You would know if your son gets stung. He would wake up screaming and you would probably get to his room in time to find it and kill it.

Aww I love spiders. I can never kill one

I'm fine right now but it is starting to sting a bit more. I googled symptoms and I don't think a trip to urgent care is necessary. Maybe I'll call off work tmrw though ?

That looks terrifying. Hope youre ok!!

Glad im in canada... our bugs arent very threatening.

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Oh. My. God. I would move. Out of state. Far, far away. That is just wrong. In the bed?!

Possibly an Arizona Bark Scorpion?

@blaw if that makes you wanna barf, Google wolfspider&babies

I'm in phx.

I'm freaking out now guys, what if my son gets stung?! He has his own room I wouldn't even know if he did.

What part of az OP? I found a tarantula and baby centipede in my house today. And I'm scared of my house right now!

I've seen small scorpions in my house. They're smaller than that and brown. They're very common here if you live in the woods. But my niece got stung by one and it was just like a bee. They just put something on it to stop the pain and let it heal. But I would call the doctor just to double check because I've never seen one like that lol.

My mom got stung by a scorpion and she almost died

You need to get to a hospital!!! If its poisonous ?

This is deffienietly in Australia? ? Hmm i hope its not poisonous!! I would be careful and let someone know this happened and go to the hospital

Ohhh Arizona! I'd be so paranoid at night ?

I hate it here too.

I was so ready for bed and now I don't think I'll be getting any sleep ?

Yup just went and it gave me the heebie jeebies, ?

I'm actually just really scared for my son now.

And I'm in Arizona ?

HOLY HELLO!!! ?

Good God where do you live?!

Seriously do the ice and meat tenderizer. It helps within minutes with the pain. I've been stung multiple times.

Diiiieeee satan!

The inside of my arm

What a cute tiny lobster...

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B law, you saying DONT means must of us will probably go do it, because that word is temptation?

(Off to Google)

Where did it sting you?

Omgsh ! I saw this and first thing i did was lift my feet off the floor ? definitely go to hospital

Yikes ??

? nope, just nope! Burn it hell, back to where it came from. Lol

I called poison control they just said to put a cold compress on it and take some Tylenol. Said they'd call me in an hr to see if I'm having anymore symptoms.

I already killed it and flushed it though

Put ice and meat tenderizer on it. Take some benadryl.

Isn't the saying - the smaller the scorpion, the more poisonous they are? Go to the hospital or call poison control!

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You need to be seen IMMEDIATELY. I guarantee they wouldn't even make you wait. Where do you live? (Just so we can try to research what kind it might be)

Holy crap!!! ?

I'll take a spider in my bed over a scorpion just about any day.

Please go to the hospital asap!

This is the single thing that keeps me from the southwest. Which is one of my favorite areas of the country.

Omg!!! I would burn that bed. I'm not sleeping tonight!

Yes, go get checked asap. Even if it's nothing, by the sounds of it you're already feeling that something must be wrong. Trust your instincts.

Hospital or call poison control like asap. If you can kill it and take it with you going to the hospital they will be able to tell how how poisonous it is

Um I would probably be going to the hospital.