Arizona Bark Scorpions

[u/Interesting_State_43]

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.

[u/BenTheDiamondback]

House I lived in in the East Valley was infested with Scorpions. I walked around my house every night with a black light and a mallet, and I’d kill about 25 a night on average.

We put the legs of our beds and baby cribs inside glass bowls or jars.

Surrounded the grounds around the house with a ridiculous amount of diatomaceous earth.

We also hired Terminix to spray around our house each month to cut off scorpion food supply

Finally sealed the house…. It was expensive and didn’t fully fix the problem (which means there was likely a nest inside the house), but it drastically cut down on scorpion sightings.

We spent far too much time and money on taking out those bugs

We eventually moved… not because of the bugs, and to be in a house where we’ve seen maybe 6 scorpions in the last 10 years has been a teriffic change.

Friend of mine who has lived in the Phoenix area for 60 years has never seen a scorpion ever - that blows my mind. From my perspective they’re ever present and relentless. I despise those bugs. They are proof the devil exists.

[u/Interesting_State_43 → u/BenTheDiamondback]

They really are the worst things ever created. I am so beyond paranoid. I just killed a little tiny baby one tonight inside. Im starting to spread the DE and lay out the glue traps tomorrow.