Any suggestions on keeping the little buggers at bay? We have pest control, but I know that even that isn't perfect.

 

Try to keep the plugs in your sinks and cover shower drains that is one place they can come from.

 

get a black light from your maintenance department and use it outside at night to find and destroy them. they glow in black light.

 

I did some research online. It was a bark scorpion that I was inadvertantly holding. VERY glad he didn't get me. It appears to be quite painful.

I'm going searching for a black light this weekend. I'm still amazed he was on the 2nd floor. I'm also going to start sealing off just about every hole on the outside of the house that's less than 10' from the ground. Our sliding glass door & doggie door are going to be the tough ones, though.

 

Got the blacklight. Pricey, but hey ... it's piece of mind for my wife and I.

Now it's time to get an ice pick and go for a walk.

 

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spread it around the foundation...scorpions dont like to cross it

 

Ice pick and black light is a little more, "manly" well it is a lot funner

 

yeah...but you dont always find all of them, it's the one you miss thats gonna sting you!

 

ok we can use it for a second line of defense, I am game with that just as long as most of them die at the end of the spear.

 

And check your shoes

They like to hide in the closet.

 

Some of those critters are good eating. Real high on protein. Not sure which variety but check it out may save on the food bill a little. Eating them is manly also Bart.

 

I'm sure that i am not that Manly!

I did swallow a live goldfish once on a bet! Nasty very nasty! taste like dirt! little poop in the water and all

 

I learned about checking my shoes shortly after I moved to AZ in '89. It was great advice included in my college orientation. Five years in Prescott and I saw 2 of the barstards.

Everywhere I've lived since, I've always checked my shoes. While in TN, my wife didn't understand what I was doing. I told her it was something I learned to check for scorpions, but it seemed to be great advise for ensuring there were no brown recluses in my shoes, either. Those lil barstards are pure evil.

Now that we're out here, I constantly remind her to check her shoes and wear her minimize going barefoot at night. Better safe than sorry!

Mark: thanks for the tip. I will be shopping for that stuff in the very near future.

 

I read the food grade works better than the pool grade

 

Also try to eliminate their food and water. keep crickets away from your house. On your baja bug is okay.