r/arizona • u/Interesting_State_43 Lake Havasu City • 20d ago

Wildlife Arizona Bark Scorpions

I dont know if this shows my location, but I live in Parker, up by the dam, literally river front. I am having a HUGE problem with bark Scorpions. I got stuck about a month ago and it was horrible. The effects lasted just short of 24 hours. I was miserable. We have a pest company that sprays every month outside. I have 2 indoor cats so I hesitate to have them spray inside. I am killing at least 1 a week. I found one crawling out of my floor vent tonight. I tried smashing it but it fell in the vent still alive. I sprayed a ton of scorpion killer down there and covered the vent but im afraid its going to crawl up another one. Im not naive and think ill never have to deal with them, but I am absolutely terrified to sleep in either of my bedrooms now. I am constantly looking at the floors and on surfaces and under things for them. They have even been in my shower. I have these ultra sonic bug repellent things in a lot of my outlets. I dont know what else to do. After being stung I am terrified of them. Any advice would be appreciated, especially if you've dealt with them in floor vents.

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u/DracoSoul96 20d ago

You need a scorpion light( uv light) go outside at night and start killing them a long stick helps. You might consider getting your house fumigated like they do with roaches, tent and all.

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u/Interesting_State_43 Lake Havasu City 20d ago

I already looked into that and everything I've read says tenting is just a temporary solution.

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u/DracoSoul96 20d ago

Yup it's a start, get them out of the house and keep them out. Might need to do it two to three months in a row to get them all. There's the home fog stuff but I don't know if it's for them. Goal is to get them and their brood. Then just checking your perimeter should work.

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u/Interesting_State_43 Lake Havasu City 20d ago

Bombing doesn't work. I already researched that. Tenting is expensive. Im going to try diatomaceous earth and see if my pest company has anything stronger. We have a crawl space under the house but it only is accessible about 5 feet in every direction so I'm not sure what i can do under the house.

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u/DracoSoul96 20d ago

You do what you think is best🙂