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Scorpions in Sheerness Dockyard wall

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stuartwaters:
The presence of scorpions in Sheerness is certainly of local historical interest. It would be interesting to learn about other non-native exotic wildlife in our county.

Local Hiker:
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Is this history? I am sure admin will delete if not.
The scorpions came ashore from a ship (or ships?) in the early 1800's.
They have populated the main external dockyard wall in Blue Town, Sheerness.
It is south facing so catches the sun, so it probably emulates a hot, dry rocky environment for them.
You need an ultraviolet torch to see them. They were "invisible" with no light and hard to see with a normal torch.
There were many of them, and easily seen with the UV.
It is facinating what is on your doorstep sometimes.

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