Puna scorpions

[terracore]

I know we have scorpions on this island but I thought it was more of a Kona / Waikaloa thing. Today while vacuuming the wife thought she sucked up a scorpion. Do we have scorpions in Puna?

[alaskyn66]

The lesser brown scorpion is the only one found in Hawaii...

http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/urba.../scorp.htm

[terracore]

Yes but is the lesser brown scorpion found in the greater Puna area?

[leilanidude]

When I lived in Kapoho Vacationland - a neighbor found one.

[alaskyn66]

It's found there now.lol

[shockwave rider]

Has anyone in your household travelled to the Kona side recently or have you had visitors from there? Could a scorpion have hitchhiked in plant materials or gear to your house? I know someone who had one end up in the boxes they used to pack supplies when they camped at Hapuna, luckily they spotted it when they unpacked because it was a female with babies.

[alaskyn66]

Even a trip to costco.. could bring one over.

[dayna]

Well this could explain a few things:

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/grd/5840261887.html



Dayna

www.E-Z-Caps.com

[ElysianWort]

Yea I was just going to say: there's some idiot on craigslist selling them and expanding their local habitat.