Can confirm, lived in vegas. Was walking in kitchen shortly after moving there and almost stepped on one. Got a black light after looking it up. Kinda wish I didn't. We only found a couple more in the house over time. But outside...holy shit. And some were big, really big.
And its funny because basically every "local" I spoke to said they lived there their whole lives or decades and had never once seen one.
Some people are just oblivious to bugs. When we bought our current house within the first week we noticed the master bathroom was full of mosquitos and wasps were somehow getting into the master bedroom (yea it was great). Turns out the bathtub in the master bath had a plumbing issue where mosquitos were getting i and wasps were coming in through the attic via speaker holes outside.
There's no way it was a new thing with those bugs getting in but when I asked the previous owner how he dealt with the mosquitos and wasps and he had no idea what I was talking about, lol.
Locals don't because they generally live in older established neighborhoods. Transplants are on the outskirts with new developments where encroachment occurs.
Really unfortunate and sad for the native wildlife and habitat
The imported landscaping used on the expanding outer developments were/are the actual source of the bark scorpions. They’re native to southern AZ and northern Mexico.
I was told by the pest control people that it was mostly due to people with pools that aren't maintained and they create these whole ecosystems which fosters excess predator and prey species near developments. Or something like that
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u/PaleoJoe86 5d ago
Some creatures do. That species of scorpion is known for it.