Scorpions are bad at the ranch!!!

[fegall]

I've heard it both ways from the 'experts'. But I tend to believe those who say you can't really spray anything to kill a scorpion that won't ultimately affect you.

At my Hebbronville ranch, I stopped spraying inside cause of inconsistent results. What I do now is put those CatchMaster sticky pads in every room, then change them out every few months (I live in Baton Rouge so I can't get to south Texas often enough). I usually have about 10 dead ones, and every so often kill about 2 a week on the floor.

I've also tried the TomCat sticky pad next to the CatchMaster, but the CatchMaster always captures them, so I'm sticking with CatchMaster.

One main reason I like the sticky pads, is that once they get stuck, they can't reproduce. If you spray, there's a strong likely-hood they won't die, and subsequently, reproduce. In the last 5 years, I've yet to have any on the beds, nor has anyone been stung inside.

That's my 2 cents...

fred

[Wapitislayer]

Had them bad last year, sprayed Demon and now we get the occasional one or two this year. They say to kill their diet, which is crickets & grasshoppers. I thought we were going to have a chance a being on the TV show Infested last year because they were so bad...

[Mary]

Dust around the perimeter of your house with Diatomaceous Earth. If you have an attic, dust that heavily as well (at night they crawl up the outside of your house and enter attic through eaves, then come in through light fixtures, etc).

DE cuts the exoskeleton. It worked well for me when the house I lived in Wimberley was invaded,

I think you can get it at Home Depot.

[Wapitislayer]

I agree with Mary we also used DE around our wood piles where they tend to hang out and breed.

[trjones87]

where in segovia? we are off CR411. i was at the ranch a couple weeks ago and my MIL picked a plant pot off of the porch and there were 4 of them chillin underneath. she screamed, i came over, she lifted the pot again, and i felt like i was playing whack-a-mole

[PROUDREDNECK]

Spiders and scorpions tend to be more active where rain season starts, they like to crawl inside the house looking for a place to stay dry.

The transonic bug chaser electronic bug repellent may not be state of the art but works good keeping those crawlers away, you guys may give it a try.

[RRFishNHunt]

where in segovia? we are off CR411. i was at the ranch a couple weeks ago and my MIL picked a plant pot off of the porch and there were 4 of them chillin underneath. she screamed, i came over, she lifted the pot again, and i felt like i was playing whack-a-mole

We are off of old Segovia Rd (Rockpile ranch).

[RRFishNHunt]

As mentioned before, we live in Spring and actually found a Scorpion in our house before we went to the ranch. We were in disbelief as we have never seen them there before and hadn't been to the ranch to possibly transport them back. So, when we got back from the ranch Sunday we didn't see any in the house so we thought we were in the clear....NOT, found a little one on the tile floor in the living room yesterday evening alive. Gonna do some exterminating around the house this weekend!!

[b.latiolais]

Sorry to dig this up but we went to the ranch this weekend in Rocksprings and there were 12 dead scorpions in the house and 2 were still alive. Dad sets off those insect bombs each time before we leave and we did it again this time. Just checking in to see if anyone has any updates on the DEMON, CY-KICK etc... I use BIFEN at home and supposedly it will work on scorpions too.

[Rambow]

Sorry to dig this up but we went to the ranch this weekend in Rocksprings and there were 12 dead scorpions in the house and 2 were still alive. Dad sets off those insect bombs each time before we leave and we did it again this time. Just checking in to see if anyone has any updates on the DEMON, CY-KICK etc... I use BIFEN at home and supposedly it will work on scorpions too.

No luck with the demon. Killed at least one inside each 3-day trip, and three on the worst trip. Probably 3-4 trips total. Sprayed inside when I arrived each trip, and sprayed outside just before leaving on each trip.

I'll try a few of the other recommendations in the near future.... (Cy-kick, diatomaceous earth, demand, etc.......whatever it takes)

[DoubleGProstaff]

I stomped at least 10 the other day at my place in mountain home. They are under everything , like roaches

[Dusty Britches]

Get some Tempo. It is pricey, but you put out 1 T per gallon of water. I put it in my hose sprayer and for 3 months now, if any critter has more than 4 legs - it dies. You can spray it inside and outside with a pump sprayer. I just sprayed it outside on the walls, porches and about 20' out from the house.

The first week after I sprayed, I was stunned at how many scorpions and spiders we had. A few weeks after that, the grasshoppers appeared but quickly died off. It's been almost 3 months and I still don't have spiders or scorpions. The grasshopper population has decreased dramatically, but that may be the cycle. The ones that show up on my porch and drive die, but not as fast as the first week I sprayed.

Tempo has proven effective long after rainfall, too. Demon will wash away with the first rain.

[mdstroup]

I'm copperas cove found 12 this year so far 5 in the house darn things