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[superchemicalgirl]

I've only had one run in with a scorpion and I'm not proud of it.


Got my first 3 tomatoes (cherry) yesterday. They were delicious.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I also just went out to hunt more hornworms and squash bugs and I discovered that for the first time in NINE YEARS I have succeeded in growing a watermelon in Maine.




Isn't it beautiful?

 

[chickadoodles]

I also just went out to hunt more hornworms and squash bugs and I discovered that for the first time in NINE YEARS I have succeeded in growing a watermelon in Maine.




Isn't it beautiful?

It is beautiful! Congratulations!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Yes, it is perfect in almost every way.

 

[NotAFarm]

I also just went out to hunt more hornworms and squash bugs and I discovered that for the first time in NINE YEARS I have succeeded in growing a watermelon in Maine.




Isn't it beautiful?

Yes, it is beautiful!! Congratulations!

 

[bruceha2000]

https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Bark Scorp.php

they fluoresce Green under a black light.


and now that I read up on them probably the most venomous scorpion in the United States and Mexico....

none of us have ever been stung....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_bark_scorpion even though its called Arizona Bark Scorpion its found from Arizona through Mexico and southern California.



deb

Um, I think I would have a black light in my bedroom and do a check through the entire room before bed EVERY NIGHT!

Yes, it is perfect in almost every way.

And in a few weeks it will be bigger! Is it an "icebox" type?

I planted some seeds, probably WAY too late, but I have 4 puny plants. MAYBE something will develop if they manage to grow.

 

[Peep_Show]

BF told me to go out last night with a black light and "hunt" for hornworms on my tomato plants - the thought being the white on their backs would glow.

Well, it appears everything glows under a black light (I apparently missed that part of my teenage years). Especially giant spiders.

Have you tried golf ball finding glasses? They're a blue lens that make the whites really pop during daylight hours.

Yes, it is perfect in almost every way.

You could market that right now as a diet-size watermelon!
It's SO cute!

 

[perchie.girl]

Ah...memories of my youth... Shaking out the shoes before putting them on!

and work gloves

I came out with one of these chewing on my finger once......

Camel spider or Wind spider or Sun Spider


those four manibles separate and open wide enough to include the tip of my finger but they are not poisonous

http://www.camel-spiders.net/

Happened when i was working in the machine shop... first girl and I think it was planted by one of the guys. Back in the seventies.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I also just went out to hunt more hornworms and squash bugs and I discovered that for the first time in NINE YEARS I have succeeded in growing a watermelon in Maine.




Isn't it beautiful?

it IS and very tiny.....

deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

and work gloves

I came out with one of these chewing on my finger once......

Camel spider or Wind spider or Sun Spider


those four manibles separate and open wide enough to include the tip of my finger but they are not poisonous

http://www.camel-spiders.net/

Happened when i was working in the machine shop... first girl and I think it was planted by one of the guys. Back in the seventies.

deb

This is why I live in Maine without melons.