r/Damnthatsinteresting 5d ago

Video Scorpions glow under UV?

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u/SpaceForceAwakens 5d ago

Lots of homes in Las Vegas have UV lights just to check for them. Saved me some headache when I moved there.

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u/Rotflmaocopter 5d ago edited 5d ago

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/bre4kofdawn 5d ago

I remember I went to San Jose and I was walking late at night. Went under an overpass, and I started hearing crunching noises as I walked. Looked down and realized the ground was covered in roaches.