Babycurus jacksoni

[senor ocho]

This sting occurred during routine care and maitenance at approx 10:12 PM about five months ago. I was feeding my baby Babycurus jacksoni (Rusty Thick-Tail) and all was going well. There was one individual who was rather slow to eat. Since these scorps commonly play possum, I decided to nudge the food over to it. Lightning quick the lil bugger slammed me on the tip of my right index finger. He was only an inch and a half in length, but he punctured the skin. For my trouble, the stupid cricket hopped out and on to freedom. The pain came hard and fast. An intense throbbing more than burning, with intermittent tingling and paralysis in the finger from the tip to the knuckle. I immediately opened the bottle of Glenfiddich (good stuff for those who enjoy Scotch) and went to work not only self-medicating, but feeding and cleaning the rest of the lot. The booze didn't do much for the pain, but the rest of me was doing okay! The pain was more annoying than anything, but it lasted for 18 hours, not bad for such a little guy! I still work with Babycurus jacksoni in the same manner, just with a ton more admiration.
Chris
www.krazy8sinvertebrates.com

[G. Carnell]

Sting happened after the male had mated, and stupidly as i was in a rush, i tryed to make him back away onto a piece of bark (for moving into another box) with my index finger, he reared up and *thwacked* me right by the nail

pain was very intense, though it was less painful than Hetetomerus spinifer

the pain lasted overnight, a throbing electrical pain as others have termed it,
in the few minutes following the sting, the pain spread up my vein, but only 2-3cm around my vein

then my heart started to hurt a bit, but im not sure whether i was imagining this
i felt slightly feint but didnt generally feel in danger of my life

when i woke up the next day my finger was very sensitive, and was tingling for the remainder of the day (especially when i touch things or type)

one good thing came out of this! my female is pregnant!!

[finman31]

This just happened 30 minutes ago and was during removing pieces of crickets,and WHAM! he shot out from his hiding hole under some bark and flat nailed me with lightning speed on the back of my index finger.He drew blood but it was not really painful,other than the initial hit.I figure it was a warning shot,and was a dry sting.He is only about an inch,but this little guy has an attitude.

[Steffen]

Got stung on the foot 10 min ago. :wall: Was packing some 4th instar B. jacksoni and one jumped to the floor. No real pain, but some itching, burning feeling. Like a wasp sting, but without the pain.

[Selenops]

Happened about a month ago.

I was tagged by an adult B jacksoni, right above the cuticle of my fingernail on my left index finger. Instant intense but very brief pain similar to a bad C vittatus sting and succeeded in swelling the last digit of my index finger and raised a "blister" (or edema?) at the site of the sting. Unfortunately I am not sure the blister was a genuine blister because it disappeared after a week.

But the rest of the day my the tip of my finger tingled pleasantly especially when I applied pressure or pinched it. No other systematics.

Not something I want to experience again but happy to report I would rather get tagged by this than say Leiurus, Buthus, Androctonus, Pterinochilus, Pokies, any Asian tarantula, or S. subspinipes any day.

[TarantulaInc]

This sting happened a few months back.

We were at a show and I opened a B. jacksoni container with an adult female in it to show someone without the glare of the plastic over it. I had done this hundreds of times without incident, so perhaps wasn't paying as much attention to the scorpion as i should have. She got me on the index finger just above the knuckle. Finished the show, packed up and drove home.

I would relate the pain feeling like someone hit my finger with a hammer (and didn't hold back with the swing) The pain was most intense the first 24 hours, paralysis of the finger and then intense pain, minor swelling.

Took a benadryl and ibuprofen when it happened to be on the safe side.

Pain was still quite noticeable from 24-48 hours, but much more manageable and mobility began to return to the finger. By the third day the symptoms were pretty much non-existent. The pain was pretty much contained in the finger/hand, with a little throbbing occasionally up the forearm, but nothing further than that.

Little note: at the sting site immediately following you could actually see the venom spreading...white lines spread from the injection site into the veins.

The B. jacksoni are still probably my FAVORITE scorpion, just remember don't ever get TOO comfortable!

-Theresa

[Triprion]

This, my first "real" sting happened last night as I was unpackaging my two new jacksoni (sent from Adam at Jansen Exotics). During the process, one of the +/- 1" babies ran up my arm and came to rest on the underside of my arm, just above my elbow. My girlfriend, trying to help, tried to scoop it off my arm in to a salsa cup but accidentally pinched it's legs with the cup's rim which promptly ellicited a sting. The burn started immediately, and spread a couple inches from the injection site. When I woke up this morning the burn had mostly subsided, but the injection site still "tingles" and is tender when touched. I don't blame the little guy for what he did - I'd have defended myself from the evil salsa cup too!
-Tim

[ThomasH]

So I bought a scorpling at the NARBC, very nice one too. [Red Phase.] Thanks again for all the wonderful inverts Tinc! I opened the container up a week later like normal and realized that a piece of cricket was molding so I took it out. But I guess the little scorp wasn't ready to let it go with her fat little belly. She stung once. I wouldn't have realized if I wasn't watching her. Nothing happened. Yes, I'm sure it went in but I guess it was just dry or she was so small that it didn't make a difference.
TBH

[Galapoheros]

I was stung about 40 mins ago on my right index finger. I was moving bark around, wondering how they were doing. It hurt at first but nothing like I had been told. It's a little swollen right now but not painful, actually it's a kind of warm, relaxed feeling in my finger. C. vittatus is MUCH worse as far as my sting goes. It kind of feels like there is a bug moving around under the skin where I was stung, no problems, no pain, just a tingling sensation.

It's been about 12 hours now and my finger feels weird. It tingles and it doesn't feel good when things touch it. It kind of feels like when you bump the nerve that runs across your elbow(funny bone) and your arm tingles. Well my finger feels like that every time I touch something with it. I've felt the same sensation with a C. vittatus sting for a couple of days. If I didn't know I was stung by a B. jax, I would say I was stung by C. vittatus.