Had a squashed scorpion on the doorstep of the place I was staying in Laos once.
Similar anecdote - surrounded by ants, completely gone next day.
(The Porcupine From Purgatory we of all lost both have them, Tue 8 Jul 2025, 8:51, archived)

Sounds like the ants are a bigger issue

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 8 Jul 2025, 9:11, archived)

#notyourforte

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Tue 8 Jul 2025, 9:20, archived)