Family Pest Control Service in Summerlin/Las Vegas, NV
PHOENIX — Banner’s Poison Control Center reported more than 100 calls about scorpion stings in the past week alone. This is due to the warm weather that we have been having lately. Scorpions are typically more active when the temperature reaches over 75-80 Degrees. Be aware that Scorpions could be anywhere. If you pick up a dog bowl or pick up some rocks in the yard or open a baseball glove,.. Beware! It’s that element of surprise that will get you stung. You don’t really want to be surprised by one. If you have small children you can put the legs of the crib inside mason jars to prevent them from climging into your child’s crib since scorpions cannot climb clean glass. Also pull the bed away from the wall. This will help prevent them from climbing the wall and then climbing into bed with you. Make sure that the bed or crib is not underneath of any vents or light fixtures since in some cases scorpions can make there way to the attic and then drop out of these openings. Scorpions only need 1/16th of an inch opening to get through.
According to a recent article, there has been a significant increase in reported scorpion stings this year.
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Scorpions Glow under black light because of proteins close to the surface of there skin. The use of a black light is the best way to hunt for these guys at night. Find your AZ bark scorpions using a black light at night in your yard or nearby wash. Scopions glow from more then 50 feet away. Best place to look around your home is the cinder block wall. Be careful! Bark scorpions are dangerous scorpions. The AZ bark scorpion sting is the most dangerous of the US scorpion species.
