Attack of the killer scorpian

freebooter · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:05

Saw this monster in my bathroom the other day. Anyone know what it is?

Yewen · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:08

SPAWN OF CAMEL SPIDER!!!!!

I have no idea, but had a urge to post that.

Are you sure it is a scorpion?

Jon Frost · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:09

ive never seen anything like that before. In skorps though, thin pincers mean that generally their venom is strong.

I cant see its tail sting though.

Jon

MarkyMark · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:09

if its a scorpion then its missing its tail

EDIT: Beaten to it

red11 · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:09

TBH:

DO IT NOW!!! BEFORE IT SPAWNS MORE!!!

JohnnyG · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:09

Oh no, that's a pubic louse :eek:

Drake5 · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:09

Where are these spiders comming from? Seriously.

Is it some ones pet thats ran off or something?

Coz this crap is creepy lol.

- Denic

freebooter · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:10

Yewen said:
Are you sure it is a scorpion?

If I knew what it was I wouldn't be asking the wise of ocuk

freebooter · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:11

JohnnyG said:
Oh no, that's a pubic louse

I hope you aren't serious :eek:

I may have to have words with my new flatmate

Rich1988 · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:13

Its not a true scorpion, its a pond dwelling beetle that is named after a scorpion because of the obvious similaritys it isnt poisinous as far as I know hope you didnt touch it though ! (no tail = fake scorpion)

iSam · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:36

Ahh nooo! I hate scorpions!

freebooter · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:47

Rich1988 said:
Its not a true scorpion, its a pond dwelling beetle that is named after a scorpion because of the obvious similaritys it isnt poisinous as far as I know hope you didnt touch it though ! (no tail = fake scorpion)

I thought beetles were insects and had 6 legs not 8? Are you offering a definite id or a guess btw? There aren't any ponds or standing water near me but perhaps it came from the drains?

Rich1988 · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:49

freebooter said:
I thought beetles were insects and had 6 legs not 8? Are you offering a definite id or a guess btw? There aren't any ponds or standing water near me but perhaps it came from the drains?

I dont know fo sure but I have seen bugs very similar to that before

scorpion thingmy

its similar but not identical so I guess I was wrong.

Rich1988 · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:51

looks similar to the false scorpion beetle

here

jegz · 24 Apr 2006 at 22:52

If your in blighty its not gonna hurt you, come on how many dangerous animals do we have in england apart from angry cows and maybe a peeved adder :confused:

I have a bird eating spider in my room that would own that sad specimen of an arachnid and he's about 10 times the size :rolleyes:

Chill out! get a jar and a piece of paper and catch it or splat ot whatever takes your fancy

AmaTeX · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:06

I think its Chthonius ischnocheles and its common name is Kew's chthonid, bit out of place in the bath should be in a wood.

freebooter · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:28

thanks rich and amatex. A quick google for "false scorpian death-dealing-beetle" brought up a few hits inc a british page devoted to them.

http://www.britishspiders.org.uk/html/bas.php?page=prg&menu=recording

Apparantly there are about 30 types in uk but unfotunately the website is terrible and all there pics and docs are in pdf.

btw it was crawling up a tiled wall. In the last pic the rough surface is the thin layer of grout between the tiles. So it was only a couple of mm long.

I live in London so no woods but there are some big trees along the pavement?

gord · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:33

your images do not provide good sense of scale..

sense of scale must be applied..

Rich1988 · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:34

gord said:
your images do not provide good sense of scale..

sense of scale must be applied..

took me a while to work out where the littel bugger was

gord · 24 Apr 2006 at 23:37

Rich1988 said:
took me a while to work out where the littel bugger was

That would be the REALISM! :cool: