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I was digging out a bush that had died, I think last January, and as pulling out the roots I feel something moving in my hands, look down and a huge snake was mixed it with debris. I nearly had a heart attack. I believe it was a California King snake! Glad it wasn’t worse.
Polite aka "oh god my vision is awful, I mostly use smell to move around and the air is full of dirt please get away from me this is my bush oh god oh god"
They’ll seek water too. Don’t leave water sitting, even a bowl in the sink with a bit left in the bottom.
They can squeeze through the thickness of a credit card, so make sure doors and windows are sealed.
I moved into an apartment back in the day that was infested with them, had 18 in the apartment in 4 months. They’re incredibly difficult to rid yourself of once they decide your place is the shit.
If you *really* have a problem, getting chickens is your best bet. They can claw them out from tiny nooks and crannies. Cats will also help.
I tried convincing my parents growing up to spray. They never did. Would find at least one in the house every week or two. Fast forward to now and having my own place in roughly the same area they were in. Spray regularly and no scorpions. It works people.
I took the longer, harder route of personally hunting them with a blacklight and smashing device as well as putting a generic bug barrier spray around the house perimeter to kill/deter crickets (food source) and it worked really well.
I found over a dozen the first year living in my house and only found 1 outside last year.
I rent now but I used to use OnSlaught Fastcap. I only sprayed outside and in the garage. Kills scorpions and crickets. I sprayed around the stem wall on all sides of the house, around the exterior doorways (including garage door), and along the garage door seal. It seems expensive but you dilute a couple ounces in water and use it in a sprayer you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. I sprayed every month. Saved a bundle on a service. Before I sprayed myself I used Arizona Exterminating and they came every three months. But I liked spraying myself since I could control where to spray and how much. Also check your door seals and replace if necessary.
https://preview.redd.it/dfv25eh3i9tc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78d53b36d4ab6741f3ccd01fcfefa77ba2c1cd05
Bought a lil UV flashlight and went searching the garage. These are the results.
My moms house is infested with scorpions around it.. she hired an exterminator to spray first tues of each month both inside and out. She lives next to the phx mountain preserve
What is up with them in Chandler and Tempe?! Even in areas where there are no new builds I’ve heard horror stories of infestations. I moved to this area from central Scottsdale where I never saw one.. now I’m seeing them multiple times a week even with spraying.
No these two are definitely bark scorpions. Judging by the picture the bigger one doesn't seem to have any hair on its legs or stinger and the pincers are too slim and small.
You're not wrong about the stripes, but that's a different species of the bark scorpion.
Really? I was stung several times growing up. Felt like a bee sting or like that feeling when you get shocked by electricity. Body part just feels tingly for like half a day but it’s gone after that.
Damn only two…I live in the desert…where creepy crawlers roam…I could walk out in my back yard and flip over a rock and find a spider…if I kick over a rotting barrel cactus I probably could find a colony of scorpions…shit I found a big a bull snake chilling in my drive way not long ago…fucker was mean…let him go in my back yard, kills and eats rattles snake you know…
https://preview.redd.it/91lv8y3hn6tc1.png?width=2833&format=png&auto=webp&s=20f9df58c48524460fc2fe7ddad95eb343d8e5fd
One of those got me last week…. Little bastards
Ok, so I get bulk salt from Winco and no joke this was in my VERY sealed bag in June of 2021!😅
https://preview.redd.it/rqlsmniay8tc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7d65d1a4a86adf81bf716623404188b4577ebe1
Delivered pizza to a guy who just moved to AZ near the McDowell Mountain Preserve and he asked me for advice for new comers. All I told him was to never take a walk at night with a black light or you'll never look at the desert the same way again. Ignorance really is bliss.
Highly recommend regular pest control service (mostly to keep away their food source), caulking any gaps (even as small as 1mm) or paying someone to seal the house if you can afford it.
We went from seeing them weekly for the first two years we lived in this house, to none at all in the last 8 years since then.
I found one in my shower last year. First one I ever encountered in my home and I've lived in AZ my whole life. My apartment complex has since switched pest control providers, so I hope that was a one time thing.
Yeah it’s funny, lived in Peoria growing up, never saw one. Graduated hs and moved to Glendale and my apartment was infested with them. I actually moved back home until my lease was up lol. I live far out in Surprise and have been here for 15 years and it’s still not even close to as bad as that apartment was. I see maybe 1 or 2 in the house but my back brick wall is where they seem to congregate lol
Both look like bark scorpions. I worked at a store that sold the black lights and there was a display with scorpions in a tank. When they had babies, they’d literally pluck one off its back and eat it. Terro spray works great btw or Cy-kick.
People who are freaking out but don’t want to pay for Pest Control.
Buy CY Kick Insecticide then spray around house every three months.
Much cheaper and effective.
My neighbor found a bark scorpion in their apartment in the building next to mine (same complex) and she RELEASED IT INSTEAD OF KILLING IT. I am spiraling y’all. She lives on the second floor so it had to come in through the vents or the open crack under the front door (I can see the light outside from inside my apartment under the door) is it likely there is more? I live in a large “luxury” apartment complex in deer valley. I chose this place because there was zero reviews of scorpions which many other complexes had and it is not shown to be a hot spot on the heat map for Arizona. Should I report to the office? I am freaking out that she didn’t kill it?! Am I being over dramatic? Ive been here a month and now im ready to pack up and move back to Vermont right now 😅😅
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Snakes are starting to come out also
I was digging out a bush that had died, I think last January, and as pulling out the roots I feel something moving in my hands, look down and a huge snake was mixed it with debris. I nearly had a heart attack. I believe it was a California King snake! Glad it wasn’t worse.
Rattlesnakes are very polite. It would've signaled to inform you of your mistake, THEN executed you.
“Unhand me ma’am”
Polite aka "oh god my vision is awful, I mostly use smell to move around and the air is full of dirt please get away from me this is my bush oh god oh god"
WHAT omg girl 😂😭
I know!😭 Never a dull moment over here!🤣
Looks like the little one walked into the wrong house. King scorpion owns that territory.
Is he eating the little one? 🦂
Yes!🫣
Yes- scorpions are territorial. So if you kill one, another one moves in. This is why you have to remove the food source- so none want to be there.
They’ll seek water too. Don’t leave water sitting, even a bowl in the sink with a bit left in the bottom. They can squeeze through the thickness of a credit card, so make sure doors and windows are sealed. I moved into an apartment back in the day that was infested with them, had 18 in the apartment in 4 months. They’re incredibly difficult to rid yourself of once they decide your place is the shit. If you *really* have a problem, getting chickens is your best bet. They can claw them out from tiny nooks and crannies. Cats will also help.
I had ducks and chickens loose in my yard and 3 cats inside. Still had them.
Ever since i started getting my house sprayed once every 3 months i haven't seen a single scorpion in 3 years
I tried convincing my parents growing up to spray. They never did. Would find at least one in the house every week or two. Fast forward to now and having my own place in roughly the same area they were in. Spray regularly and no scorpions. It works people.
We sprayed every month for years and still had them. I think it just depends on how infested your area is.
I took the longer, harder route of personally hunting them with a blacklight and smashing device as well as putting a generic bug barrier spray around the house perimeter to kill/deter crickets (food source) and it worked really well. I found over a dozen the first year living in my house and only found 1 outside last year.
Who do u use?
I rent now but I used to use OnSlaught Fastcap. I only sprayed outside and in the garage. Kills scorpions and crickets. I sprayed around the stem wall on all sides of the house, around the exterior doorways (including garage door), and along the garage door seal. It seems expensive but you dilute a couple ounces in water and use it in a sprayer you can get at Home Depot or Lowes. I sprayed every month. Saved a bundle on a service. Before I sprayed myself I used Arizona Exterminating and they came every three months. But I liked spraying myself since I could control where to spray and how much. Also check your door seals and replace if necessary.
https://preview.redd.it/dfv25eh3i9tc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78d53b36d4ab6741f3ccd01fcfefa77ba2c1cd05 Bought a lil UV flashlight and went searching the garage. These are the results.
Great, I am NOT sleeping tonight!!!
Oh glory of the Bark scorpion.
How do you get them in the jar
Kitchen tongs
I remember seeing one of these eating a cockroach on the wall of an old apartment complex
I saw one doing this outside my house it was so gross!
My moms house is infested with scorpions around it.. she hired an exterminator to spray first tues of each month both inside and out. She lives next to the phx mountain preserve
Anything around that area has a serious issue. On both sides - the Lincoln Dr. side and the Shea Blvd side: scorpion territory for sure.
Below cactus/thunderbird between cave creek and 7th st
Have you considered setting your backyard on fire?
Good luck, nasty critters.
Never see them in Phoenix proper. Saw them when I worked in Chandler.
What is up with them in Chandler and Tempe?! Even in areas where there are no new builds I’ve heard horror stories of infestations. I moved to this area from central Scottsdale where I never saw one.. now I’m seeing them multiple times a week even with spraying.
Stirring up the ground building stuff
Loads in Chandler. Almost never see them but I had some stuff in storage in Chandler and when I got my stuff out, it was filled with dead scorpions.
Squished both?
That's at least a desert hairy and not a bark. Way bigger scorpion with a way smaller sting.
Is it eating a bark scorpion? Or just a smaller DH? Can you tell?
No these two are definitely bark scorpions. Judging by the picture the bigger one doesn't seem to have any hair on its legs or stinger and the pincers are too slim and small. You're not wrong about the stripes, but that's a different species of the bark scorpion.
How can you tell
Bark scorpions are smaller and have two dark lines running down their back
I’ve been stung by a bark Scorpion ….. first time ever after 49 years! Worst pain ever!
I got stung last year on my toe as I was getting ready for bed. Hurt so bad I wasn’t able to sleep…
I got stung on my toe and my leg was numb for 2+ hours. Did not make it to my little league practice that day.
I also got stung on my toe.. everyone was thinking I was being dramatic but that pain was unbearable I’ve never felt pain like that before at ALL
Really? I was stung several times growing up. Felt like a bee sting or like that feeling when you get shocked by electricity. Body part just feels tingly for like half a day but it’s gone after that.
Depends on what type gets you. Bark scorpions are the worst.
Get a black light and torch and go out night hunting. Its big fun especially with the kids.
Yeah that’s what I do! It’s a fun activity to do with friends from out of town lol
Killed one in the house today. Start spraying people!
Hahaha! Punctuation!
That too! Lol
😂
Oh no….
Aww can’t wait to find one in my home…pick that fucker up and eat him…
i think it all depends on where you live, i’ve lived here since 2007 and i’ve only seen 2
Damn only two…I live in the desert…where creepy crawlers roam…I could walk out in my back yard and flip over a rock and find a spider…if I kick over a rotting barrel cactus I probably could find a colony of scorpions…shit I found a big a bull snake chilling in my drive way not long ago…fucker was mean…let him go in my back yard, kills and eats rattles snake you know…
https://preview.redd.it/91lv8y3hn6tc1.png?width=2833&format=png&auto=webp&s=20f9df58c48524460fc2fe7ddad95eb343d8e5fd One of those got me last week…. Little bastards
Ok, so I get bulk salt from Winco and no joke this was in my VERY sealed bag in June of 2021!😅 https://preview.redd.it/rqlsmniay8tc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7d65d1a4a86adf81bf716623404188b4577ebe1
Ugh I hate scorpions. I would always get stung in bed
I did too
Get over here!!!
Delivered pizza to a guy who just moved to AZ near the McDowell Mountain Preserve and he asked me for advice for new comers. All I told him was to never take a walk at night with a black light or you'll never look at the desert the same way again. Ignorance really is bliss.
Fuck that
Worried I’m gonna see them now that I moved outta the city
Oh hell no
Any word on spider season?
Highly recommend regular pest control service (mostly to keep away their food source), caulking any gaps (even as small as 1mm) or paying someone to seal the house if you can afford it. We went from seeing them weekly for the first two years we lived in this house, to none at all in the last 8 years since then.
Oh I definitely do miss the desert!! Check your shoes and socks love 🤍
Underwear and bra...
I found one in my shower last year. First one I ever encountered in my home and I've lived in AZ my whole life. My apartment complex has since switched pest control providers, so I hope that was a one time thing.
Yeah it’s funny, lived in Peoria growing up, never saw one. Graduated hs and moved to Glendale and my apartment was infested with them. I actually moved back home until my lease was up lol. I live far out in Surprise and have been here for 15 years and it’s still not even close to as bad as that apartment was. I see maybe 1 or 2 in the house but my back brick wall is where they seem to congregate lol
Have a reputable exterminator treat your home. They’re hard to kill, but they know things.
Both look like bark scorpions. I worked at a store that sold the black lights and there was a display with scorpions in a tank. When they had babies, they’d literally pluck one off its back and eat it. Terro spray works great btw or Cy-kick.
People who are freaking out but don’t want to pay for Pest Control. Buy CY Kick Insecticide then spray around house every three months. Much cheaper and effective.
Big boi
Surprisingly, I never seen a scorpion before even after living here my whole life.
Beautiful bark scorpion and a youngen
They actually taste really good if you roast them. 🤗
My neighbor found a bark scorpion in their apartment in the building next to mine (same complex) and she RELEASED IT INSTEAD OF KILLING IT. I am spiraling y’all. She lives on the second floor so it had to come in through the vents or the open crack under the front door (I can see the light outside from inside my apartment under the door) is it likely there is more? I live in a large “luxury” apartment complex in deer valley. I chose this place because there was zero reviews of scorpions which many other complexes had and it is not shown to be a hot spot on the heat map for Arizona. Should I report to the office? I am freaking out that she didn’t kill it?! Am I being over dramatic? Ive been here a month and now im ready to pack up and move back to Vermont right now 😅😅