Scorpion Facts

Did you know?

• Scorpions kill over a 1000 people a year in Mexico.
• There are over 1500 species of scorpions but only 25 are a medical threat to humans, and the Bark Scorpion is 1 of the 25 ( VERY COMMON IN THE ARIZONA DESERT)
• Some scorpions can live a year without food or water.
• Scorpions are nocturnal predatory animals the feed on other pest in and around the home
• Scorpions hide under rocks, tree bark, woodpiles, and shrubbery and masonry cracks of your home
• Arizona has 36 different species, we most commonly see only 3 of the 36, the Bark, Devil and Giant Desert Scorpions
• The bark scorpion is the most commonly seen in and around homes, and it the one that poses a medical threat
• Scorpions can enter the your home through an opening as small as 1/16 of an inch, about the thickness of a credit card