Brakleen kills bugs DEAD!
Would any UV light work?
Got to Napa, CQ, VatoZone, Checker and get an AC leak detector light.
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Brakleen kills bugs DEAD!
Would any UV light work?
Got to Napa, CQ, VatoZone, Checker and get an AC leak detector light.
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Phil, have you tried the shock treatment? 9v battery or a pezo starter from a grill, 'spose to neutralize the poison. (Maybe I should have brought that up yesterday).
Zero pain in less then 24hours. From others I have talked to the venom seems to effects everybody differently. All in all it as not that bad.
Crickets. When I've had crickets at the house, the scorps come to dine. Killed the crickets, scorpion presence has been nil.
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Not true. I had a house built at 75th & T-bird in the early 90's and lived there for about a year before having to sell it. I never saw a single scorpion the whole time there. It was farm land previous to it's development, and I think that has a big play in their prevelance. The place I live now was originally farm land as well in the 60's & 70's when I was growing up and was subdivided in the mid 80's. I have black widows, but no scorpions. I also don't have a ton of crickets either which is their favorite food. Kill the crickets and the scorpions will move next door to your neighbors house.
mmmmm...crickets
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I have heard that threory befor as well, were my house sytands was all corn / crops fields a couple of years ago...with no open desert for miles in any direction. Would the residual pestcides from agriculture be the common blocker for these little bastids?
My house was built on retired orchard and flower gardens along Baseline and we have scorpions in the neighborhood. It was diligent cricket killing that seemed to manage them. (That and sealing the house as best I could. I even siliconed all the sill plates and sprayed inside the framing while it was being built.)
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The other thing you can do is become a cat herder. Domestic house cats are excellent scorpion killing machines. The scorpion sting does not affect them for some reason.
Had a friend of mine who lived in Mexico for awhile and he said his cat would kill / eat one or two a day.
Had a friend of mine who lived in Mexico for awhile and he said his cat would kill / eat one or two a day.
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The craziest scorpion control solution was from the Harkins of Harkins Theaters. They had a unmanageable problem with scorpion and imported Tokay geckos a nocturnal scorpion hunting reptile. The geckos run free in there house and she claims she has not seen another scorpion since.
Funny, I had a friend who used to paint pet store windows and got one of those in a trade. I was feeding it one day and it bit the glove and held onto it for 2hrs. It was hard to get my fingers out. Scary, and spooky looking F-ing lizard. I can't imagine they would have any bugs in there house.
Thanks for the link to the light!
Ahh domestic cats... Maybe that's why I don't see any. I have 2 cats now and my cat before these two lived to 19. And she was a hunter. Used to bring me rat heads on my front porch in the morning.
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I don't know what would be worse. The instantaneous sting and pain of the scorpion sting or getting bit by a 15 inch 10 ounce lizzard that is referred to as the "pitbull" of lizzards by Wikipedia. I think it's a 
trade off. I'd stick to herding cats if I had a problem. At least if a cat bites you, you don't have to "hold it under water to encourage the lizard to let go, without causing it any harm or undue stress". If one of those things bit me, the stress caused by me trying to make it let go without harm would be the least of it's worries. It's "undue stress" would end once I found the closest, heavy, solid object I can get into my free hand.
trade off. I'd stick to herding cats if I had a problem. At least if a cat bites you, you don't have to "hold it under water to encourage the lizard to let go, without causing it any harm or undue stress". If one of those things bit me, the stress caused by me trying to make it let go without harm would be the least of it's worries. It's "undue stress" would end once I found the closest, heavy, solid object I can get into my free hand.
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Been on the east side 2 years, in a now 10 year old house, never saw a scorp here. I did see a couple at the outlaw's house in Wickenburg though. And I saw them in 88 on the Monsters of Rock tour.
I've got a massive cricket problem here. What is the secret against those?
Gonna get one of those lights too... just to make sure...
I've got a massive cricket problem here. What is the secret against those?
Gonna get one of those lights too... just to make sure...
I've lived on both sides of town. I lived a few miles south of Phil in Scottsdale for ~5 years and never saw a scorp. The guy who owns the house has never seen one in 15 years. This is right across the street from the indian res, where they farm. Most of the areas I lived in on the far West side were farmlands too. I'd guess that has a lot to do with it.
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Yep, cleaned my garage, two more kills for me.
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Putting tools away after a job tonight, I saw a tiny skittering thing on the floor. Usually, I would peer down to check it out. We have some curious bugs in Prescott. I haven't been here long enough to see them all. But oddly my first instinct was to give it the boot, fast! The part left was the tiny tail of one of the worst kinds! Too many years in the desert, I guess. I recognized a tiny scorp in my instinct before my brain could register.
Mostly, we don't have them here. At 5100ft, we are just between the desert and the high country. The worst kinds still show up here now and then.
Mostly, we don't have them here. At 5100ft, we are just between the desert and the high country. The worst kinds still show up here now and then.
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Saw a couple of tiny ones under a fire ring boulder at appx 7500' last weekend. Scorp's exist at most elevations around here, just more common in the desert.
I live in the orange groves and get irrigation so needless to say that is the perfect combination for not only scorpions but every other nasty looking critter out there. I started by going out at night with a regular black light, you can get these at Ace hardware. I figured I’d take the battle to them and get them before they got in the house. I’d kill up to 30 in one night. I’d also manage to kill a couple a week in the house. I’ve had many different exterminators spray and they’d always tell me that due to the groves and irrigation I’d never get rid of them. A company named Bulwark called on me one day and told me that if they couldn’t get rid of the scorpions the service would be free, I said you’re on. They sprayed inside and also have some pellets that they spread around the perimeter of the house and let me tell you it works, the ***r’s are gone. This particular office is in Mesa and you can reach them at (480) 833-6001.
Is that stuff safe with pets. We have 3 dogs that are like our kids. I'd hate to harm them.
BTW, found this little fxxxer today.
