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The tarantula and scorpion ranting thread.
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LillyKay
Senior Member
What a laugh I have had. I used to be so frustrated by the both of them until 2 days before end of August. I had resigned to never completing the collection at the museum. They would always commit suicide IF I even managed to spot them. I have now caught each several times over. This is what I used to do....
...see one and panic, try to remember what advice I had read on the forum and fail; wait too long trying to decide what to do, etc until is disappears and I am left feeling extremely frustrated, empty handed, sweaty and heart pumping like mad.
This is what I do now...
After 7pm, walk around town with ONLY the net in my pockets; see tarantula or scorpion (does not matter whether it has seen me or not); take out net and stay put; very very slowly edge towards it (it will turn and hiss); stop; T or S tries to move on and I continue to follow slowly and stop when it stops and hisses. At some point I have to very, very slowly but boldly move towards it whether it is hissing or not. Once in striking distance I DO NOT walk any further but swing my net. If I am are not sure about the striking distance I move around until I am facing it at an angle where I am sure it is in striking distance then SWING! The last scorpion I caught was hanging half way on land and half way the river. It looked so funny trying to escape.
Anyway, since adopting the above actions, I have NEVER been stung by any of them nor have I failed to catch them.
...see one and panic, try to remember what advice I had read on the forum and fail; wait too long trying to decide what to do, etc until is disappears and I am left feeling extremely frustrated, empty handed, sweaty and heart pumping like mad.
This is what I do now...
After 7pm, walk around town with ONLY the net in my pockets; see tarantula or scorpion (does not matter whether it has seen me or not); take out net and stay put; very very slowly edge towards it (it will turn and hiss); stop; T or S tries to move on and I continue to follow slowly and stop when it stops and hisses. At some point I have to very, very slowly but boldly move towards it whether it is hissing or not. Once in striking distance I DO NOT walk any further but swing my net. If I am are not sure about the striking distance I move around until I am facing it at an angle where I am sure it is in striking distance then SWING! The last scorpion I caught was hanging half way on land and half way the river. It looked so funny trying to escape.
Anyway, since adopting the above actions, I have NEVER been stung by any of them nor have I failed to catch them.
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sodappend
Senior Member
I've tried to catch scorpions several times but I have too many trees D: they always just disappear.
Tarantulas I stay away from as much as I can. I tried to catch one a few times before but the stress and almost having a legit freak-out isn't worth it. My friend promised to catch one for me on my game instead orz. Spiders, man. D:
Tarantulas I stay away from as much as I can. I tried to catch one a few times before but the stress and almost having a legit freak-out isn't worth it. My friend promised to catch one for me on my game instead orz. Spiders, man. D:
