I actually had one of those bas**ards sting me a year ago when out west. Out getting a sunrise, ready to sit on a boulder and I guess the turd didn't like the arse headed in his/her direction. Stung me just below the right buttock on the thigh. Swelled and burned for two days. Felt like someone shoving a cigarette against my thigh. I hate those turds and will kill them on sight...no mercy.
Lucky, there is only one deadly scorpion in the USA; the Bark Scorpion. The bad thing is they are now being discovered in Kane County Utah. Two were discovered at Hole in the Wall, so for those in Moab, watch out, the bad ones from AZ and NM are moving north.
"Only one U.S. species is considered to possess a life threatening sting. Centruroides exilicauda Wood (also known as C. sculpturatus), is found abundantly in Southern Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Southern California. Two specimens have been collected from
Hole-in-the-Rock in Kane County, Utah. This more poisonous species is commonly called the sculptured or bark scorpion because of its association with trees. It can be found hiding under bark on firewood and wooden fence posts around homes. It is comparatively small, yellowish or straw-colored with small, slender pincers. Although the sting of this scorpion can be deadly, stings by most other species of scorpions are not particularly serious and usually result only in localized pain, with some swelling and tenderness."
