I found a scorpion under our door stop yesterday. It is the first one that I have found since moving here and I was surprised at this little creature. When I disturbed it, it ran around inside my house with its tail elevated and looking very menacing. For all I know it is probably harmless, but based on my movie mentality, they are all deadly little creatures, so I killed it. Poor thing. Chose the wrong place to hide. Before this event I always thought that scorpions were hard shelled little creatures that were pretty tough and hardy. My late-scorpion had a very soft shell on it, that seemed more leathery than like a shell. It also did not look like the sort of creature that would live very long in a dry environment. It certainly did not live very long in my house environment.