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@SilleeMee wrote:

@Spurt 

I found a scorpion in my sleeping bag one time. When I got up and out of my sleeping bag, the thing crawled out behind me! It was sleeping with me to stay warm...eeewww.

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@SilleeMee 

[just bee]

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:

@Desertdi     Oh, I forgot the huge darn centipedes.

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Oh, we have those, too, in New Mexico.

Six, seven inches...

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@Desertdi wrote:

Lots of  tarantulas in Arizona

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@Desertdi 

We have em here in Texas too..... Our High School Science teacher brought one to our classroom in a cigar box and passed it around.... They are actually harmless to humans....venom milder than a bee sting...so as long as you arent allergic they arent considered dangerous but they ARE creepy....(BUT their venom IS VERY dangerous to dogs and cats)

[just bee]

Child of the Earth, aka Jerusalem cricket, in New Mexico.

[just bee]

And our vinegaroon.

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@just bee wrote:

@Spurt 

We have wolf spiders here in New Mexico.  They're large.  When they look unusually large it's because they're carrying the entire family on them.

Just let them pass...

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@just bee 

I took a plant mister that just had water in it and squirted the wolf spider and he scurried away...probably hiding somewhere inside the walls of my home...What was scary a few months after that I did see a tiny baby one dead by my door...I dont really want to know what killed it....😕

[SilleeMee]

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@just bee wrote:

Child of the Earth, aka Jerusalem cricket, in New Mexico.

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@just bee 

I think it's kind of cute....LOL!

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@just bee wrote:

Child of the Earth, aka Jerusalem cricket, in New Mexico.

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@just bee 

WOW y'all do have a lot of creepy critters in NM ...things I never heard of.....

A couple good things about those Wolf Spiders  .....the wolf spider eats those big flying roaches. and very dangerous and poisionous recluse spiders.....things I HATE worst of all.

[just bee]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

Child of the Earth, aka Jerusalem cricket, in New Mexico.

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@just bee 

I think it's kind of cute....LOL!

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@SilleeMee 

They remind me of the Cootie.  About the same size, too...

What's objectionable is that they sometimes have horsehair worms pour out of them when they die.

I'd post photos, but I'd never get that coveted job in the NM Tourism Department.

[just bee]

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@Spurt wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

Child of the Earth, aka Jerusalem cricket, in New Mexico.

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@just bee 

WOW y'all do have a lot of creepy critters in Arizona...things I never heard of.....

A couple good things about those Wolf Spiders  .....the wolf spider eats those big flying roaches. and very dangerous and poisionous recluse spiders.....things I HATE worst of all.

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@Spurt 

New Mexico, not Arizona.

But you're right, Arizona has some great bugs, too.  We lived there when I was ten and I had the opportunity to see all the bugs I'd only read about in books.

That was mom's introduction to an Arizona ant.

Lemme tell ya about the grasshoppers and cicadas...