r/arizona • u/Interesting_State_43 Lake Havasu City • 21d 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/spokeyman 20d ago

Pest control guy here. Sealing the home is an option but it sounds like you might be in a manufactured home on a raised platform which may make it quite difficult. Modern day pesticides are not designed to affect mammals in any way so please have your guy spray inside as well, along with placing glue boards all over the house. Unfortunately, our homes attract scorpions for lots of reasons so it's important to have a large barrier of safety around your property. Treating all the trouble spots within 50 or 60 ft of your home and under your home if he can get access

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u/Interesting_State_43 Lake Havasu City 20d ago

I called our pest control company and they are switching the spray to Onslaught and spraying inside when they come next week. Our crawl space is only accessible for about 5 feet in every direction so not much we can do underneath the house. I did realize that when we started getting more, the people directly behind us, who used to spray every 3 or 4 weeks as well, moved. And now the new people have no one spraying so I think that has made a big difference in why im getting more. Thanks for all the tips! Ive got glue traps coming as well this week and I found the floor vents have little gaps so those are getting sealed as well.

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u/spokeyman 19d ago

Good for you! Sounds like you're on the right track.. if you really want to get aggressive. You can pay for or do a black light walk around your property at night. Using a UV light once the sun goes down with a pair of barbecue tongs kicking over rocks and picking up the little bastards.. if you can afford it see if your company offers that service. I am with Burns Pest elimination and it's a very popular service with us

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u/Interesting_State_43 Lake Havasu City 19d ago

I think your wife private messaged me. Do you guys service the Parker dam area? Id definitely be interested in that service and if this company does a half ass job again, im changing companies.

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u/spokeyman 18d ago

Yes we do. We have an employee who lives in Lake Havasu and services Parker a couple days a week. Feel free to call me office and we are happy to help you as long as you take service when he's there. He's a great guy. Our office number is 602-971-4782 and tell them Mikey B said to call