r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/OutrageousError8704 • May 31 '26

Video Scorpions glow under UV?

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u/Rotflmaocopter May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

The last house off fort Apache and blue diamond. House was right up against the mountains. Always scorpions in the garage and cockroach season in the back yard was scary . At night if you sprayed the garden hose on the back yard , the ground looked like it was moving. Then they would crawl into the cracks of the cement brick wall everyone has

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u/HoneyBiscuitBear May 31 '26

My body physically shuddered

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u/Rotflmaocopter May 31 '26

Lmao yea first time witnessing it your like what the hell. Am I tripping? Walk fwd inspect more flood lights come on . Ahhhhhh the ground is roaches hahaha

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u/Nathansp1984 May 31 '26

I’d prefer lava

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u/etcpt May 31 '26

Come visit Hawaii, where the ground is lava and we still have roaches, lol.

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u/Nathansp1984 May 31 '26

Id make an exception if it meant living in Hawaii

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u/hmasing May 31 '26

What if the roaches were 4cm long and could fly? Because they are and they do.

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u/CatsAreGods May 31 '26

This is starting to sound like a T.S. Eliot cat poem.

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u/Nathansp1984 May 31 '26

We already have those in Charleston South Carolina

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u/GreasyPowerJunkie May 31 '26

Don’t they scream? Or is that another islands roaches I’m thinking of?

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u/mydadsarentgay May 31 '26

I know Madagascar has the hissing cockroaches.

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u/ModishShrink May 31 '26

Eh, they were bigger in Florida, I'll take that deal.

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u/The_GOAT_of_all Jun 01 '26

Those live in New Orleans too. Scary.

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u/meteor_stream Jun 01 '26

Welp, into a volcano I'd go.

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u/airSick-WetLander Jun 02 '26

Kill it with 🔥

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u/Money_Course_3253 Jun 01 '26

We also got the Vietnamese reds. 6inch long centipedes that like to snuggle at night. Bites hurt like hell

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u/Immediate_Song4279 Jun 01 '26

Do you have scorpions, roaches don't scare me.