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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MassExodus" data-source="post: 134234" data-attributes="member: 4086">Depends on the scorp, and more particularly your reaction. Our local buthids are potent(Centroides vittatus), but only medically significant if you're allergic. I myself have been stung by them several times. Pain at the site, burning as it works in, decreasing pain and burning and maybe numb lips as the venom subsides, it depends on the volume of venom delivered. Every sting was an accident, caused by me crushing them by mistake, not knowing they were there. When the occasional scorp comes in my house I run it onto my hand and put it outside. Buthids are one of the most dangerous scorpion families known. The sp, and your particular reaction to it, makes all the difference. I saw a guy on this forum that had major swelling and pain at the site of a Hadogenes troglodite sting. That genus of scorps has a reputation for VERY weak venom...when introduced to a human being. Yet this man's hand was swollen and purpling. Scorpion venom has plenty of peptides, which induce allergic reactions in humans. Unlike every tarantula venom ever tested. Scorps should never be handled lightly. You just never know..for instance, there are several species of buthid that kill certain people, but others just suffer moderate to severe pain or discomfort from their sting.  You may get a person who suffered mild pain, or a mild infection from a Latrodectus bite, or at the opposite end of the spectrum, a person may die, either from the toxic bite, or the antivenin(rare). I keep my tarantulas in my room. IF, IF I decided to keep venomous true spiders, or highly dangerous sp of scorpion, they would be in a seperate, secure building nowhere near my house, or the people and pets I care about. They aren't to be taken lightly. Sorry for the rant, needed to be said. I pray I'll never know what havok a dangerous scorp or true spider can do to a human being. I've read some baaaad stories...</blockquote>

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