The Old Folks Home

[Beer can]

Never thought of taking a black light outside, that might be cool.

 

[perchie.girl]

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.

Never thought of taking a black light outside, that might be cool.

Scorpions glow in black light... so does Urine....

deb

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Scorpions glow in black light... so does Urine....

deb

I think you have it right. Scorpion first, then urine.

 

[chickisoup]

I think you have it right. Scorpion first, then urine.

 

[Alaskan]

Scg did you have nightmares afterwards?

 

[chickisoup]

On a more "gentile" note, I always take my black light with me when I go fleamarketing or antiqueing to help me spot cracks and/imperfections in glass and china (among other things) and yes, LOTS of things glow in black light. Being a child of the 60's, I remember it well

 

[perchie.girl]

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Yep Cause and effect.....

My son actually finds about two to three scorpions per year....... under his pillow....

they are called bark scorpions



No way you can keep them out of the house because they are just about as thin as that dime...

Biggest I have ever seen was about the size of a quarter.

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

 

[Beer can]

On a more "gentile" note, I always take my black light with me when I go fleamarketing or antiqueing to help me spot cracks and/imperfections in glass and china (among other things) and yes, LOTS of things glow in black light. Being a child of the 60's, I remember it well

Antiqueing...do you have much experience with old crocks? My father-in-law has a couple HUGE ones, makes tons of sauerkraut in them, I have a five and a three gallon. Heard you shouldn't use them, cause of lead paint....I used my 3 gallon one for sour pickles last yr. Is there lead paint in those suckers?

 

[Beer can]

Black lights, Lol! I have a four foot tube black light that is all of 40 yrs old! I remember my parent's using it when I was little, every piece of lint on your cloths was OMG...Lol!
For yrs my mother used it for Halloween on their porch.
I have it now and put it on our porch during Halloween, we are super far from the road, but the kids love it, really lights up the bed sheet ghosts...

 

[Alaskan]

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